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Hudson-Meng Bison Bonebed, Nebraska to Crazy Horse Monument, South Dakota


Click on the smaller pictures to see a larger version of it.



According to their brochure, this "is the largest bison bonebed (estimated to be about the size of a football field) of its age (nearly 10,000 years old) in the Western Hemisphere."

..."the bonebed resulted from a natural death event, not a bison jump. If humans were not responsible for the demise of the bison at this bonebed, then what caused them to die? It's still a mystery that intriges both visitors and scientists from around the world."


I just happened to come across the Hudson-Meng Bison Bonebed
while I was travel north from Fort Robinson to the Warbonnet Monument. It was not in any of my books.




This place is really off the beaten bath...




This building protects the bones that have been exposed.









A close up of some of the bones.




Some of the bones that have not been completely excavated.




This particular type of Bison is now extinct.

Here are several websites about the Hudson-Meng Bison Bonebed:
http://www.fs.fed.us/r2/nebraska/units/prrd/hm/hudsonmeng.html
http://lamar.colostate.edu/~lctodd/hmsmry.htm
http://lamar.colostate.edu/~lctodd/hmphot.htm
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/ebooks/records/867-1.html
http://www.fs.fed.us/r2/nebraska/hmtmap.html





This is the Warbonnet Memorial.
It is in the northwest corner of Nebraska.




The marker on the memorial.

The entry from my book: "Colonel Wesley Merritt and Troops A, B, D, G, I, K, and M, Fifth Cavalry, found approximately 800 Indians near Hat Creek (War Bonnet), Wyoming. One Indian was killed, and another was wounded. The rest were forced back to their reservation at the Red Cloud Agency. The one Indian killed was Chief Yellow Hand. He was killed in the much heralded single combat with William 'Buffalo Bill' Cody."




A view from the monument.




Another view at the surrounding prairie from the hill were the monument was placed.




The church, and cemetery,
is the "community" of Montrose (also from the monument).




This is the Cody - Yellow Hand Monument.
You can see the Warbonnet Monument is the background.




Yes, the famous "Buffalo Bill."




This is near Edgemont, South Dakota.




The area where Camp Collier once stood.




These are the Black Hills.
The Crazy Horse Monument is the last outcropping on the left.




A better look at Crazy Horse.
The visitor's area was closed when I got there.




An even better look.
You can see a guardrail along the top of what is going to be his arm.
Click here to go to their official website





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Page 2003a: Grangeville, Idaho to Kamiah, Idaho
Page 2003b: Kamiah to Lolo Pass
Page 2003c: Lolo, Montana to Salmon, Idaho
Page 2003d: Salmon, Idaho to Gilmore Summit, Idaho
Page 2003e: Kilgore, Idaho to Yellowstone National Park
Page 2003f: More Yellowstone
Page 2003g: Grand Tetons to Lander, Wyoming
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Page 2003k: Rosebud Battlefield to Little Bighorn Battlefield, Montana
Page 2003l: Little Bighorn Battlefield to Crow Agency, Montana
Page 2003m: Fetterman Battlfield to Fort Phil Kearny, Wyoming
Page 2003n: Crazy Woman Creek to Fort Fetterman, Wyoming
Page 2003o: Oregon Trail to Fort Laramie, Wyoming
Page 2003p: Grattan Battlefield, Wyoming to Fort Robinson, Nebraska
Page 2003q: Hudson-Meng Bison Bonebed, Nebraska to Crazy Horse Monument, South Dakota
Page 2003r: Devil's Tower, Wyoming
Page 2003s: Rapid City to Badlands National Park, South Dakota
Page 2003t: Eagle Butte Powwow to the Blessing Ceremony
Page 2003u: Sakakawea Monument to Fort Buford
Page 2003v: Fort Union to Old Fort Peck
Page 2003w: Cree Crossing to Fort Assiniboine
Page 2003x: Glacier Park
Page 2003y: Glacier #2 to Missoula, Montana
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