Show 204 grew first objective vas achieved The small herd rapidly and under very limited hunting and slaughter- However the it ing permits completely soon numbered over 300 head isolated the animals stant crowds of curious Being almost were not molested by sight-see- rs they might have done a hundred years con- and developed much as earlier on the open plains In filming "The Covered Wagon” in 1922 Hollywood producers gained permission from the owners of the herd to film Since this the buffalo scenes of the picture on the island was not a tame herd film stars and cameramen had some narrow The Salt Lake newspapers carried articles telling escapes hoy Ernest Torrence a star of the film barely escaped being trampled under the thundering herd when he accidently fell from his horse during the filming and how Tully Marshall (Jim Bridger) jumped from his horse to the back of a buffalo knifed him after two failures Karl Brown camera man narrowly escaped death when a bull charged the vagon where 27 the camera vas grinding out the story In 1926 the interest of the island owners shifted to and cattle at the expense of the buffalo herd It vas decided at that time to conduct a last great buffalo hunt Sportsmen from far and near attended paying §300 sheep and 27 Salt Lake Telegram October 10 1922 |