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Artist Henry Worrall created this narrative illustration to document a buffalo hunt in western Kansas. The fourteen sketches that border the document illustrate the entire period of the hunt that took place November 1-3, 1871. The twelve numbered plates in the center illustrate a moonlight hunt that occurred on November 1st. Several illustrations reference Buffalo Station, Beaver Dam on the Saline River, and Snyder's dugout.
Creator: Worrall, Henry, 1825-1902
Date: Bulk November 1-3, 1871
Item Number: 224165
Call Number: QL.5 Bu.2 *32
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 224165
Built Environment - Areas of Significance - Exploration/Settlement
Built Environment - Function - Domestic - Camp
Built Environment - Materials - Earth
Collections - Photograph
Community Life - Recreation and Sports - Leisure activities - Hunting
Date - 1870s
Environment - Wildlife - Mammals - Buffalo/Bison
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Original Art - Drawing
People - Notable Kansans - Worrall, Henry, 1825-1902
Places - Regions - Western Kansas
Places - Rivers - Saline
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Illustrations
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