How did the railroad contribute to the demise of the buffalo?

The amount of bison in North America in the early part of the 19th Century was incredible. They had an estimate range of about 30 to 200 million with 60 million being the best estimate. They were found as far east from the Yukon to Florida.

The decimation of the Plaines buffalo during the late 1800s brought this magnificent animal to the brink of extinction. In 1872, they made a place where the buffalo could expand their population. When Yellow Stone National Park opened they had twenty-one bison. Today they have 350,00 living there.

Derek Graves

8th American History

Rossville Jr. High

Plains History Project

2004

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