File:Bison skull pile, ca1870.png

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Photograph from the mid-1870s of a pile of American bison skulls waiting to be ground for fertilizer. Courtesy of the Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library.

Source: http://www.gprc.org/tour/tour3.html ; http://www.gprc.org/Graphics/Bisonpile_lg.jpg ; http://www.gprc.org/images/bison_skull_pile.html English Wikipedia, original upload 28 February 2005 by Brian0918

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current08:26, 1 February 2008Thumbnail for version as of 08:26, 1 February 2008576 × 461 (175 KB)Xiong Chiamiovoptimized using optipng
05:29, 16 September 2005Thumbnail for version as of 05:29, 16 September 2005576 × 461 (204 KB)SaperaudPhotograph from the mid-1870s of a pile of American bison skulls waiting to be ground for fertilizer. Source: http://www.gprc.org/tour/tour3.html ; http://www.gprc.org/Graphics/Bisonpile_lg.jpg ; English Wikipedia, original upload 28 February 2005
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