Virtual ExhibitsDate:
1883
Source:
Evelyn Cameron Collection, Gift of the Estate of Janet Williams
Object ID:
1991.07.38
Description:
Emigrants heading west, U.S. soldiers, and professional hide hunters killed bison for food, sport, and profit.
By the 1880s, market hunting rendered the bison, already threatened by diseases and loss of their grazing range, nearly extinct.
By the 1880s, market hunting rendered the bison, already threatened by diseases and loss of their grazing range, nearly extinct.
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Book, 1991.07.38 (front)
Book, 1991.07.38 (front)
Book, 1991.07.38 (front)
Book, 1991.07.38 (front)
