Whence the Buffalo Roamed

Integrated evidence based extent of occurrence for North American bison since 1500 CE and before . Jeff M. Martin | Rachel A. Short | Glenn E. Plumb |Lauren Markewicz | Dirk H. Van Vuren | Bradly Wehus-Tow |Erik Ot’arola-Castillo | Matthew E. Hill Jr. Buffalo Tracks– tracking the foundation herds.  Whence the Buffalo Roamed: When and Where Were Bison Roaming During Colonial North America and Before? By: Jeff M. Martin, Ph.D. Center of Excellence for Bison Studies, South Dakota State University   Our recent academic article, “Integrated evidence-based extent of occurrence for North American bison since 1500 CE and before” … Read more

Buffalo Tracks Austin Corbin

Back to Buffalo Tracks      Pablo-Allard> Eaton       Goodnight        Moosehead/ WC Whitney    First Bison by State        Last Bison by State    Dr Jeff Martin: Whence the Buffalo Roamed: When and Where Were Bison Roaming During Colonial North America and Before?   1888 Austin Corbin   NH   February -CJ Jones   +6hd   3 bulls and 3 heifers $500 each from the gather in Texas 1889 Austin Corbin   NH   CJ Jones Nov/Dec   +12hd   6 bulls 6 heifers 1888 herd and more in 89?    ($13,000 Carload Jan 1890) Bedson animals 1890 Austin Corbin   NH   January   17hd   sixteen buffalo and … Read more

Buffalo Tracks Pablo Allard

Back to Buffalo Tracks             Goodnight        Corbin     Moosehead/ WC Whitney   First Bison by State        Last Bison by State      Dr Jeff Martin: Whence the Buffalo Roamed: When and Where Were Bison Roaming During Colonial North America and Before?   Pablo was a great read, an honorable man, and very much a hard worker. How devastated he must have been, after all his hard work and dedication, to have our government act so slow as not to be able to keep his herd. Over the years, they were animals sold here and there … Read more

Buffalo Tracks Goodnight Herd

Back to Buffalo Tracks        Pablo-Allard> Eaton      Corbin     Moosehead/ WC Whitney    First Bison by State        Last Bison by State       Dr Jeff Martin: Whence the Buffalo Roamed: When and Where Were Bison Roaming During Colonial North America and Before?   Tracking the Goodnight Bison herd- said he relocated bison all over and in many other countries. He also said he would buy any small family groups or singles whenever he could, which is why I wonder if the Bulls from Howard Eaton that came to Texas, if they did go to Goodnight, at … Read more

Buffalo Tracks

Buffalo Tracks Researching…..the foundation bison herds.   Pablo-Allard> Eaton       Goodnight        Corbin     Moosehead/ WC Whitney    First Bison by State        Last Bison by State         Dr Jeff Martin: Whence the Buffalo Roamed: When and Where Were Bison Roaming During Colonial North America and Before?   I am tracking all the bison from [our] beginning of the ‘foundation’ herds. Walking Coyote, Samuel Bedson, Charles Alloway, James McKay, and the others. It has been much more time-consuming than I originally thought it would be, but I did add other information to my database … Read more