Railroads cut across the prairies and hunting parties followed, seeing the buffalo as endless bounty. The concept of manifest destiny—the belief that expansion across the continent was justified ...

Currently, Wyoming issues around 70 buffalo hunting tags a year. The National Park Services manages the oldest untouched population of buffalo in Yellowstone National Park, which intersects with ...

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