Two pages of images from two trips to Theodore Roosevelt National Park and a visit to the National Buffalo Museum
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National Buffalo Museum - Jamestown, North Dakota
June 11, 2010

World's largest buffalo: Notice the person standing by rear leg.
(The buffalo is an anatomically correct male.)
[Side view of sculpture as seen from a distance. Top of person's head almost makes it to the

A closer view of the sculpture built in 1959.
[Head on view of sculpture with identifying sign in lower right of photo.]

Buffalo bagged in northern Canada by a North Dakota woman in the 1970's.
(This is a buffalo rug with a mounted head.)
[A mounted head of a buffalo still attached to the hide used as a rug.]

Travelocity designated the museum a local favorite in 2005.
[Framed award beside a Travelocity gnome.]

James River seen from the buffalo sculpture platform.
[Small river with shallow banks. A road near the right bank and trees and homes on the left bank.]

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Theodore Roosevelt National Park - Medora, North Dakota
May 22, 2008

Bison feeding their young. (Seen through the car windshield.)
[Bison feeding their young on the park road.]

Eventually they finished and cleared the road. (Image taken through car windshield.)
[Bison on the park road.]

View along the Ridgeline trail hike
(The wind was so strong at this point of the trail it blew me off balance while I was walking).
[View along the Ridgeline trail hike.]

Steps which are part of the Ridgeline trail
[Looking down the steps. Each step has wood at the sides and front (to keep the dirt from eroding). There is also a wood rail railing for part of the hill.]

View from Scoria Point Overlook
[View from Scoria Point Overlook.]

Cactus along the Ridgeline trail
[Cacti along the Ridgeline trail.]

Little Missouri River through Wind River Canyon
[Little Missouri River through Wind River Canyon.]

Prairie dog
[Prairie dog with the upper half of its body out of the hole. Ground around the hole is all dirt.]

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All photos © S. M. Garver