The buffalo, or bison, once so numerous on the plains of the Great West, is rapidly becoming an almost extinct species, and so far as known there are no wild herds left. Some years ago the United States Government placed a herd in the ...See moreThe buffalo, or bison, once so numerous on the plains of the Great West, is rapidly becoming an almost extinct species, and so far as known there are no wild herds left. Some years ago the United States Government placed a herd in the Yellowstone National Park, and the efforts to increase it by outside purchases and to corral them where they can be fed and protected is meeting with considerable success. They are corralled in an enormous pasture at Mammoth Hot Springs and appear to take kindly to the situation. Our artist succeeded in getting a splendid picture of these most interesting animals, from which a fair idea may be gained of the appearance presented in times past by a herd of buffalo grazing on the plains of the Far West. Written by
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