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atyjrSOpnsr1-IS11OLD BUFFALO SKULL FOUND ON ADAMS FARMMarsh field. N ewa:—R, ' W. . Adamsof fche*town of Riles has made several interesting finds while plowing on his farm,.. and the latest and probably most important of thorn ia a eolieotion of ' buffalo bones,. filhe largest single piece is a portion of the skull and j-wo horns, which in» . i •dj cate that the animal to which they belonged was of great bSzq, »b . the horns are more than four iaohos through where they join tho skull.Mr, AdamB has quite a eolieotion of corioB, to which the buffalo rolica wore a valuable acquisition. ; It is a good many years since the buffalo roamed the western plains in thousands, and J t muBt bo much longer since the animals were driven out or exterminated in Wisconsin, a matter of sixty or seven ty-flva years,’ShQ sandy soil of the town of Hiles has yielded a number of .relioB of old Indian tlmoa, such as arrovr-hoade,stone axes, copper and earthen kettles, oto, .. .cR:IS
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Grand Rapids Tribune
Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, US
Wed, Sep 20, 1911
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