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  2. Bison hunting - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Billy Dixon - Wikipedia

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    William Dixon (September 25, 1850 – March 9, 1913) was an American scout and bison hunter active in the Texas Panhandle.He helped found Adobe Walls, fired a buffalo rifle shot at the Second Battle of Adobe Walls, and for his actions at the Buffalo Wallow Fight became one of eight civilians to be awarded the U.S. Medal of Honor.

  4. Buffalo Bill - Wikipedia

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    William Frederick Cody (February 26, 1846 – January 10, 1917), known as Buffalo Bill, was an American soldier, bison hunter, and showman.. One of the most famous and well-known figures of the American Old West, Cody started his legend at the young age of 23.

  5. Caprock Chronicles: The Sharps fifle, buffalo hunting, and ...

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  6. Buffalo rifle - Wikipedia

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    Three types of rifles in particular were used by professional bison hunters, namely the Sharps rifle with a 90, 100 or 110 grain powder load, the Springfield Rifle and the Remington No.1 rifle otherwise known simply as the Rolling block. [1] The Sharps was the favorite among hunters because of its accuracy at long range. [2]

  7. Métis buffalo hunting - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  8. Timeline of the American Old West - Wikipedia

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    With the growing railroad industry and cattle boom, buffalo hunters begin moving onto the Great Plains. In less than ten years, the buffalo population is dramatically reduced, and the animal remains an endangered species for much of the next century. [133] The Utah Territorial Assembly, supported by Brigham Young, grants women the right to vote ...

  9. Second Battle of Adobe Walls - Wikipedia

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    The complex quickly grew to include a store and corral (Leonard & Meyers), a sod saloon owned by James Hanrahan, a blacksmith shop (Tom O'Keefe) and a sod store used to purchase buffalo hides (Rath & Wright, operated by Langton), [1]: 176 and 178 all of which served the population of 200-300 buffalo hunters in the area.