Buffalo, Texas
Located in the
Hill Country
region, the town of Buffalo, Texas is in
Leon
county.
The first reports of the animals popularly called buffalo (a genus of American bison) in Texas were written by Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca in his description of his journey from Florida to Mexico (1528-36). The buffalo occupied about a third of the North American continent, from latitude 63? north in Canada to about latitude 25? north in Mexico, and from the Blue Mountains of Oregon to the western parts of New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and the Carolinas. Authorities disagree about their range in Texas because of the migratory nature of the animals and the shifting of the herd during the period of buffalo hunting by white men, but it is generally agreed that they roamed the western and central plains of Texas in great numbers.
Courtesy The Handbook of Texas Online
Credits:
Old Postcards courtesy www.txgenweb.org/postcards
Courthouse Photos courtesy www.barnfield.net
State Park and Historic Site Photos courtesy State of Texas.
Misc. City Photos courtesy local tourism offices.
Misc. Photos courtesy All Across Texas.
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