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Location: Gallatin County, Montana, United States: Nearest town: Logan, Montana: Coordinates: 1]: Area: 638 acres (258 ha) [2]: Elevation: 4,554 ft (1,388 m) [1]: Designation: Montana state park: Established: 1966 [3]: Named for: A buffalo jump in the Madison River valley: Visitors: 35,466 (in 2023) [4]: Administrator: Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks: Website: Madison Buffalo Jump State Park ...
Location: Cascade County, Montana, United States: Nearest city: Great Falls, Montana: Coordinates: 1]: Area: 1,481 acres (5.99 km 2): Elevation: 3,773 ft (1,150 m) [1]: Designation: Montana state park: Established: 1972 [2]: Named for: A buffalo jump and the First Peoples of Montana: Visitors: 34,195 (in 2023) [3]: Administrator: Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks: Website: First Peoples Buffalo ...
The Crow Indian Buffalo Hunt diorama at the Milwaukee Public Museum. A group of images by Eadweard Muybridge, set to motion to illustrate the animal's movement. Bison hunting (hunting of the American bison, also commonly known as the American buffalo) was an activity fundamental to the economy and society of the Plains Indians peoples who inhabited the vast grasslands on the Interior Plains of ...
Hunts most commonly took place in the late Fall and Winter when the big herds dispersed leaving smaller groupings of 100 or 150 buffalo led by an experienced cow.
Much of the Bison Range was once under prehistoric Glacial Lake Missoula, which was formed by a glacial ice dam on the Clark Fork River about 13,000 to 18,000 years ago. The lake attained a maximum elevation of 4,200 feet (1,300 m), so the upper part of the Range was above water. Old beach lines are still evident on north-facing slopes.
Bad Rock Canyon is a river canyon lying 2.64 miles (4.25 km) east of Columbia Falls, Montana. The Flathead River, flanked by U.S. Highway 2, flows through the canyon [1] and enters Montana's Flathead Valley. [2] Rock slides occur frequently along the northern side of the BNSF Railway tracks that run through the canyon.
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Métis buffalo hunting began on the North American plains in the late 1700s [1] and continued until 1878. [2] The great buffalo hunts were subsistence, political, economic, and military operations [3] for Métis families and communities living in the region. [4] At the height of the buffalo hunt era, there were two major hunt seasons: summer ...