The Missing Bison

Sidedoor by Smithsonian Institution

Jul 8, 202632:49Government & Organizations

In the 1880s, a conservator at the Smithsonian set out for Montana to capture an American bison before the dwindling species vanished forever. He returned with six taxidermied bison that he displayed in the museum. The b...

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