“The great grazing- lands of the West lie in what is known as the arid belt, which stretches from British America on the north to Mexico on the south, through the middle of the United States. It includes New Mexico, part of Arizona, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, and the western portion of Texas, Kansas, Nebraska, and Dakota. It must not be understood by this that more cattle are to be found here than elsewhere, for the contrary is true, it being a fact often lost sight of that the number of cattle raised on the small, thick-lying farms of the fertile Eastern States—” continue reading

- Theodore Roosevelt, 1888

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American Buffalo

“‘Surprising Facts About Buffalo | The American Buffalo | A Film by Ken Burns | PBS”

“Did you know a buffalo can clear a six-foot fence? Or hit running speeds of 35 miles per hour? These animals may look strange and slow, but they’re "a souped-up hotrod of an animal hiding in a minivan shell." They were also driven nearly to extinction – but that’s only the beginning.” - PBS

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The American Buffalo | About the Film:

“The American Buffalo, a new two-part, four-hour series, takes viewers on a journey through more than 10,000 years of North American history and across some of the continent’s most iconic landscapes, tracing the animal’s evolution, its significance to the Indigenous people and landscape of the Great Plains, its near extinction, and the efforts to bring the magnificent mammals back from the brink.” -PBS

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“Old Western songs, fiddle tunes, and frontier ballads that bring a quiet kind of nostalgia. Simple, familiar, and full of character, these tracks capture the spirit of the American West. Slow, soulful, and a little bit wild. —Whether you’re up before sunrise or winding down with a whiskey, they’re the kind of tunes that sound just right any time of day.”

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