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It ran west of and roughly parallel to the better known Chisholm Trail into Kansas, reaching an additional major railhead there for shipping beef to Chicago, or longhorns and horses continuing on further north by trail to stock open-range ranches in the Dakotas, Wyoming, Montana in the United States, and Alberta and Saskatchewan in Canada. [1]
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 ...
Extending out from the Missouri Breaks, both to the north and south, were the vast grasslands of the eastern Montana prairies. In the early 1880s the buffalo on these ranges were hunted to near extinction, and were replaced by large herds of cattle, most trailed up from Texas. Large ranches developed, based on a deeded "homeplace" located along ...
The most famous cattle towns like Abilene were railheads, where the herds were shipped to the Chicago stockyards. Many smaller towns along the way supported open range lands. Many of the cow towns were enlivened by buffalo hunters, railroad construction gangs, and freighting outfits during their heyday.
The Avonlea culture is a pre-Columbian archaeological culture of the upper Great Plains of Canada and the United States. It is defined by complexes of projectile points, pottery, and other artifacts discovered in archaeological sites concentrated in southern Alberta and Saskatchewan and in northern Montana.
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 ...
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The Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument is a national monument in the western United States, protecting the Missouri Breaks of north central Montana.Managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), it is a series of badland areas characterized by rock outcroppings, steep bluffs, and grassy plains; a topography referred to as "The Breaks" (as the land appears to "break away" to the river).