Did any Old West ranchers ever try to raise buffalo with their cattle? Paul Gordon St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada Legendary Texas cattleman Charles Goodnight’s greatest contribution to this nation was the preservation of a small herd of buffalo on his JA Ranch. The great Southern Plains herd had been all but wiped out by hide hunters due to a government policy to eliminate the buffalo in order to subjugate the Plains Indians. With both the Northern and Southern herds almost extinct by 1883, a

May 2004
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- Rock Creek Killfest
- Is it true that you can fire multiple shots from a percussion cap pistol if you don’t grease the lead when you load it into the cylinder?
- Patton’s Peacemaker Blazes Again
- Mojave Drums
- Kirk Ratajesak
- All This Way for the Short Ride
- Custer Battlefield Museum
- Did Davy Really Die?
- Bird’s-eye View of 19th-century Mining
- Spittin’ Against the Wind
- Do any of the guns used in the gunfight near the O.K. Corral exist? If so, where are they?
- Did any Old West ranchers ever try to raise buffalo with their cattle?
- What is the name of the horse Teddy Roosevelt rode during the Battle of San Juan Hill?
- Why was John Johnson dug up in 1974 from the old soldiers home graveyard in Los Angeles, California, and reburied in Cody, Wyoming?
- Christina Hillius
- Vera and the Sultan
- Two Fingers, Straight Up
- Sings in Color