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Photographer: Cosmos Mariner
Taken: August 15, 2014
Caption: Welcome to High Point Bison
Additional Description: (sign at entrance to private dirt access road leading to marker)The highest point in Nebraska is located in Kimball County, on the Colorado/Wyoming border. Native prairie rolling hills and fields are home range for bison, antelope, deer, coyotes, pheasants, and other prairie birds and mammals.

Please join us in conserving and respecting this environment. Please stay on the marked trails and pack out your trash. We hope you have an enjoyable experience!

Highpoint Entry Fee $3.00 per person
Bison are native to the short grass prairies of the Great Plains. They are hearty animal having survived in North America for thousands of years. In 1905 there were only about 800 buffalo, 700 of which were privately owned. Today there are over 300,000 bison in the United States.

Bison were an integral part of the Native American diet. Today people enjoy buffalo meat because it has a sweet wonderful flavor and is low in calories, fat, and cholesterol. You can substitute buffalo in any recipe calling for beef.
Warning Bison Area
Submitted: February 18, 2021, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Database Locator Identification Number: p569703
File Size: 5.539 Megabytes

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