Kansas Memory Podcast - The End of the Buffalo The documents
used in the Buffalo podcast are available on Kansas Memory.
James R. Mead to his Father and others In this letter, James R.
Mead describes his first buffalo hunt to his family and friends.
James R. Mead to his Mother n this letter addressed to his
mother, James Mead writes about his life on the frontier near
the Saline River, Kansas Territory. He also informs her that he
has sent the family a load of buffalo meat and robes, and he
discusses the local fur trade, listing different animals in the
area. Henry Raymond Diary Henry Hubert Raymond makes daily
entries in this diary for one year, beginning on November 11,
1872, when he left Carlinville, Illinois, for Kansas. Henry,
Theodore, and the Masterson brothers began hunting bison
(buffalo) and Henry describes their efforts in brief but graphic
detail. Crossing the Plains, the Journal of Harriet Bridwell
Shaw Harriett Bidwell Shaw started a journal in September
18,1851, when she and her husband, Revere