Stonewall in Gillespie County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

Buffalo (Bison)

Photographed By James Hulse, August 18, 2023

1. Buffalo (Bison) Marker

Inscription. These shaggy animals once roamed Texas in countless numbers and were the main source of food for the Plains Indians. The Comanches here hunted them on horseback but never killed enough to damage the herds. But commercial hunters moved in and slaughtered them for tongues and hides, and by the beginning of this century the bison was faced with total extermination. Today it exists only in parks and refuges, and in small private herds.

Erected by Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Animals • Native Americans • Settlements & Settlers.

Location. 30° 14.145′ N, 98° 37.233′ W. Marker is in Stonewall, Texas, in Gillespie County. Marker is on State Park Road 52, ¼ mile north of U.S. 290. The marker is located east of the LBJ State Park Visitors Center. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 501 State Park Rd 52, Stonewall TX 78671, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. An American Icon (here, next to this marker); Sauer-Beckmann Living History Farm (approx. 0.2 miles away); Low Water Crossing (approx. ¼ mile away); Farm History (approx. ¼ mile away); Longhorn Cattle and White-Tail Deer

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(approx. ¼ mile away); Within These Walls / Small Spaces, Many Faces (approx. 0.3 miles away); What is the President pointing to anyway? (approx. 0.4 miles away); A Grand Entrance (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Stonewall.

Also see . . . American bison. Wikipedia

The American bison, also called the American buffalo or simply buffalo (not to be confused with true buffalo), is a species of bison native to North America. It is one of two extant species of bison, alongside the European bison. Its historical range, by 9000 BCE, is described as the great bison belt, a tract of rich grassland that ran from Alaska to the Gulf of Mexico, east to the Atlantic Seaboard (nearly to the Atlantic tidewater in some areas), as far north as New York, south to Georgia, and according to some sources, further south to Florida, with sightings in North Carolina near Buffalo Ford on the Catawba River as late as 1750.

(Submitted on November 22, 2023, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.)

Photographed By James Hulse, August 18, 2023

2. Buffalo (Bison) Marker

The view of the Buffalo (Bison) statue and Marker at the road image. Click for full size.

Photographed By James Hulse, August 18, 2023

3. The view of the Buffalo (Bison) statue and Marker at the road

Closeup of the Buffalo (Bison) statue image. Click for full size.

Photographed By James Hulse, August 18, 2023

4. Closeup of the Buffalo (Bison) statue

A Buffalo (Bison) near the marker at the ranch image. Click for full size.

Photographed By James Hulse, August 18, 2023

5. A Buffalo (Bison) near the marker at the ranch

Credits. This page was last revised on November 22, 2023. It was originally submitted on November 22, 2023, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas. This page has been viewed 68 times since then and 30 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on November 22, 2023, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.