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Buffalo Bill Cody and the last epic buffalo slaughter tale
The piece recalls Buffalo Bill Cody’s 69 kills in a day and recounts the broader carnage on the plains as buffalo numbers plummeted from an estimated 50 million to near extinction. It highlights railroads aiding hunters, large hides shipments, and wounding tales from Dodge City and Fort Wallace, while noting officials’ grim totals and era’s legacy.
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Denver
Colo
Cooke Rhea
Rhea
Union Pacific
William Frederick Cody
Kansans Pacific
Kansas
Gooddard Brothers
Buffalo
Ba” Hickok
Bill Cody
Cuid
Cody
Dods
Goddard Brothers
Fort Wallace
Billy Comstock
Comstock
Edit Ood
Sheridan
Kane Cody
Old Brigham
Lucretia Borgin
Plains
Wyatt Earn
Dodge City
Kan
Tombstone Ariz
Tom Nixon
Dodge
Billy Tilghman
A. Brininstool
Red Cloud
Manitoba
Texas
Union Pacific Railroad
Richard Irving Dodge
Arkansas River
Walnut Creek
Pawnee Fork
Phil Sheridan
Major Inman
Robert M. Wright
Camp Supply
Wright
Western
Robert Wright
Charles Rath
Dodze City
Dodze
Santa Fe Railroad Company
Kansas Pacific
Santa Fe
Ford County
Northern Pacific Railroad
Western Newapar