About this episode

This episode explores the significance of buffalo remains in Texas during the early 1880s and their role in the region's history.

Let me know what you thought of this podcast! Send a text. When you think of treasure in the Old Western times of Texas, you might think of oil, cattle, land. But for a few crucial years in the early 1880s, the most valuable thing lying around the Texas plains was the skeleton of a dead buffalo. In this episode we discover what happened to the remains of millions of buffalo that were brought to the bring of extinction. Source: https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/bone-busi...

People in this episode

Host: Michelle Gallegos

Topics covered

• buffalo extinction
• Texas history
• Old West
• treasure
• wildlife
• education

Keywords

• Texas history
• buffalo
• extinction
• Old West
• treasure
• wildlife
• education

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Texas, Texas plains, buffalo

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