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This is a photograph showing a man seated by a buffalo wallow in Haskell County, Kansas. These were large shallow areas where the bison (buffalo) rolled in the earth, covering themselves with dust or mud to ease the torment of flies, ticks, and other insect pests.
Date: Between 1870 and 1879
Item Number: 221962
Call Number: FK2.H4 .62 *1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 221962
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1870s
Environment - Wildlife - Mammals - Buffalo/Bison
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Counties - Haskell
Type of Material - Photographs
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/221962