This photograph, taken in Dodge City, Ford County, Kansas, shows a large pile of buffalo hides obtained from hunting expeditions in western Kansas. It is estimated that the pile contains around 250,000 hides. R. M. Wright, who purchased the hides, is seated on the pile. Dodge City was located on the Santa Fe Trail.
Date: April 4, 1874
This powerful visual effectively demonstrates just how many buffalo were being killed. This could work alongside the various sources selected for this standard that are related to buffalo hunting.
KS:7th:3.1:Federal Government and Indian Lands (2005)
Item Number: 2088
Call Number: FK2.F2 D.3 *2
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 2088
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1870s - 1874
Environment - Wildlife - Mammals - Buffalo/Bison
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Cities and towns - Dodge City
Places - Counties - Ford
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Thematic Time Period - Trails, 1821-1880 - Santa Fe Trail
Transportation - Trails - Santa Fe
Type of Material - Photographs
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/2088
