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Pbs the West: A Wound in the Heart

For Students 9th - 10th
As many as three million buffalo were killed in two years after the coming of the railroad. This site tells the story through quotes from one of the hunters and from Native American writer Scott Momaday and others.
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Frontier House: The Extermination of the American Buffalo

For Students 9th - 10th
The reign of the buffalo across the plains ended in great slaughter by the end of the 19th century. This companion essay to the PBS series, Frontier House, recounts how the decimation of the buffalo occurred, hastened by both white and...
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Pbs the West: The Grandest Enterprise Under God

For Students 9th - 10th
The critically acclaimed PBS series, "The West," depicts the coming of the railroad throughout the west and the consequences of the settling of the west.
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Harp Week

Harpweek: The American West: Buffalo Hunting

For Students 9th - 10th
An engraving and short article about "sport" hunting of buffalo from an 1867 Harper's Weekly magazine.