Slate Vault: 1876 Map of the Disappearance of the American Bison

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Here. But most of all, white American settlers moving west with the railroads killed millions, both for sport and for hides to sell to markets both domestic and foreign. Federal authorities, Isenberg writes, “supported the hunt because they saw the … Continue reading →read more

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