Morgan County News | 1938-02-18 | Page 3 | Passenger Pigeons Numerous

passenger pigeons numerous passenger pigeons roamed all america when white men first came here says the washington post the indians killed the birds but only full grown ones so fat were the pigeons the indians melted them down used them as lard and butter the birds flew in huge flocks of as many as a billion their roosts boosts in in kentucky and indiana were often 40 miles wide and 3 miles mil es long they sometimes made nests in ia a tree