As the newspapers reported itThe 1926 Antelope Island buffalo hunt

1 day of original coverage, October 23, 1926, one clipping a day from the papers of 1926. Newest last, the way readers lived it.

Saturday, October 23, 1926

The 1926 Antelope Island buffalo hunt

As printed: 200 Wild Buffaloes, Growing Wilder, To Be Killed Off on Salt Lake Island

Evening Star, Washington, District Of Columbia: 200 Wild Buffaloes, Growing Wilder, To Be Killed Off on Salt Lake Island

ContextAntelope Island is a large island in Great Salt Lake, Utah, where a private herd of American bison has been kept since the 1890s; the species was hunted nearly to extinction on the plains in the last century.

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