Wardell Buffalo Trap


Wardell Buffalo Trap
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Nearest city	Big Piney, Wyoming
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

↑ National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "Wardell Buffalo Trap". Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2009-08-04.

External links

Wardell Buffalo Trap at the Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office

National Register of Historic Places in Sublette County, Wyoming

National Historic Landmark	Upper Green River Rendezvous Site

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See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Sublette County, Wyoming and List of National Historic Landmarks in Wyoming

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