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Buffalo bones, Minot, N.D.


Title	Buffalo bones, Minot, N.D.
Date of Original	between 1900 and 1920
Description	A closeup view of a mound of buffalo bones outside Minot.
Ordering Information	http://history.nd.gov/archives/whatphotos.html
General Subject	Pioneer Era
Subject (LCTGM)	Buffaloes Skeletons Bones (Body parts)
Location	Minot (N.D.)
Decade	1900-1909 1910-1919
Item Number	A3361-2
Format of Original	Photographic prints
Notes	Photographer unknown. Title created by staff.
Relation	[Is Part Of] North Dakota eighth grade curriculum
Biography/History	After the bison herds were killed off, their bones remained on the prairie. Farmers looking for a source of cash income would pick these up and carry them by the wagon load to a railroad shipping center such as Minot.
Repository Institution	State Historical Society of North Dakota
Repository Collection	State Historical Society of North Dakota Photograph Collection A
Credit Line	State Historical Society of North Dakota (A3361-2)
Rights Management	Copyright status unknown.
Digital ID	shA33612

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