Did Ya Know…

• On the open prairies, meals were often cooked over fires made of old buffalo or cow chips.  This “prairie coal”as it was know , burned with a fine, hot flame, and the peculiar aroma helped keep bugs away from camp.
• The great bison herds of the early frontier were often recorded moving in masses that extended more than 50 miles in width and over 25 miles in length.
• The all-time “chip-throwing” record was set in 1979 at 182 feet 3 inches.
• A 2000 pound bull buffalo is capable of running 35 miles per hour and can outlast a good horse in distance.  In spite of their massive build, bison have been known to jump fences as high as six feet.