Show Where the Bison Used to Roam The story of 0 the bison Is an old one but It retains as it always will a L fascinating interest Its habitat em embraced embraced embraced braced the tho great area west of or the Rocky mountains from flom Oregon to Tex Texas as East of the tho the range ex extended extended extended tended southward beyond the Rio Grande and ana eastward through the re region region gion glon drained by b the tho Ohio and Its tribu tributaries tributaries tributaries Its northern limit east of the Mississippi was tho the great lakes The bison was not found south of the Ten Tennessee river and only to a limited ex ea extent extent tent east cast of oC the Alleghenies By 1800 It had disappeared cast east of or the Mississippi Mississippi sippi by 1850 1550 it had been confined to the dry plains region re lon by y 1875 1575 It had been swept away from the central plains and limited to the region oC of northwest Texas and western Kansas In tho the south and In ht the north to Mon Montana Montana I tana tan a where Isolated herds survived with rapid diminution until 1888 1882 when I the last lost remnant of the southern herd was nearly nearl extinguished In the Pan Panhandle Panhandle Panhandle handle of Texas Texa The Tho last specimen there was captured by b C J Jones aft afterward afterward erward known as ag Buffalo Jones be because because because cause of oC his Interest in the animal By the tho end of or tho the last century not one ono was in freedom south of the North Sas Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Saskatchewan |