Tuesday, February 18, 2020

Buffalo


From the Independent, Oskaloosa, Kansas, August 30, 1862

A drove of twenty two Buffaloes, varying in age from five months to two years, passed through town yesterday (Friday) morning, on the way to the Ohio and New York State Fairs. Most of our citizens had never seen a herd of these animals before, and quite a crowd assembled on the Public Square to give them an inspection. They are not the handsomest looking quadrupeds in the world. They were caught when young on the headwaters of the Arkansas, and tamed.

This story appeared in “Yesteryears” in April 1990.

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