Wardell Buffalo Trap

Wardell Buffalo Trap
Nearest city: Big Piney, Wyoming
Governing body: BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
NRHP Reference#: 71000892
Added to NRHP: August 12, 1971[1]

The Wardell Buffalo Trap in Sublette County, Wyoming is a small box canyon used by Native Americans for 500 years during the Late Prehistoric Period. Nearly 55 feet (17 m) of bison bones were found at the site. A campsite and butchering area is located nearby, and evidence has been found for a fence at the entrance to the canyon.[2]

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
  2. ^ "Wardell Buffalo Trap". Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office. http://wyoshpo.state.wy.us/NationalRegister/site.asp?id=384. Retrieved 2009-08-04. 

Some of the buffalo bones indicated foul play as a possible cause of death.

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