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Last buffalo and Indian traders near Red Deer forks
An 1887 letter recalls John Nolan and half-breeds killing a large buffalo bull with two cows and a calf near the Red Deer and South Saskatchewan forks, bringing heads and hides to Swift Current, plus the bull’s head later exhibited in Chicago. It notes decline of buffalo and game across the plains.
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Macleod Gazette
Wyoming Bill
John Nolan
Red Deer
South Saskachewan
J. Grant
Curry Bros
Hine
Winnipeg
Chicago
John Grant
Alberta
George of
Innisfail
South Saskatchewan
Cypress Hills
Old Wives Creek
Vermillion Hills
Moose Jaw
Medicine Hat
Red River
Rocky Mountains
Bush Lake
Pi-a-Pot Creek
Middle Plains