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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24Y2_a-community-processing-plant_Beulah-WY.html
The enormous task of butchering began immediately after the kill. Adult men and women worked in teams to rapidly skin carcasses and begin cutting them into pieces small enough to be carried out of the sinkhole, possibly by adolescents. Meat and hi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24Y1_trapping-buffalo_Beulah-WY.html
Indians used a combination of drivelines, controlled harassment, and decoys to move the herd toward the intended trap. Here at the Vore site, drainages were probably used to keep the herd together and headed in the desired direction. In addition, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24XY_discovering-the-vore-archaeological-site_Beulah-WY.html
The Vore site was discovered during the construction of Interstate Highway 90. A crew of archaeologists from the University of Wyoming spent two summers (1970 and 1971) determining the horizontal and vertical extent of the cultural materials (near…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ULA_preparing-for-impending-blizzards-historical_Beulah-WY.html
Plains Indians required large quantities of meat and hides for food, shelter, clothing, and other material needs. Harvesting as many buffalo as needed by hunting on foot in the severe winter weather would be nearly impossible. Therefore, northern …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UL9_the-ideal-hunting-ground-historical_Beulah-WY.html
Look around you! This valley was an excellent habitat for buffalo. The herd-gathering area was open grassland north, west, and southwest of the sinkhole. Natural drainage supplemented by man-made structures provided drivelines. The sinkhole was an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UL8_understanding-bison-behavior-brought-success-historical_Beulah-WY.html
Buffalo are fast, strong, and often unpredictable animals, but Indians understood bison behavior and used this knowledge effectively. For example, the Indians knew that manipulating herds of buffalo was easier than controlling individual animals. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUMY_vore-buffalo-jump_Beulah-WY.html
Plains Indians depended upon buffalo for many of their material needs - food, shelter, clothing, tools, fuel, ceremonial objects, even toys. Prior to acquiring horses in the 18th century, hunting individual animals on foot with bows and arrows was…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUMU_paha-sapa-black-hills_Beulah-WY.html
Also known as "Temple of the Sioux," Sundance Mountain rises majestically in the southwest. It belongs to the Bear Lodge Mountain Range, which defines the northwestern edge of the Black Hills. It was named for the Plains Indians' religious ceremon…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUMS_petrified-trees_Beulah-WY.html
Giant cypress trees growing today in swamps (or forested wetlands), such as these found in Louisiana's Pointe Lake, used to grow in Wyoming back when it was a warm, subtropical swamp - about 55 million years ago during the Late Paleocene epoch. So…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUMQ_the-vore-buffalo-jump_Beulah-WY.html
Located a short distance to the east and camouflaged by the red eroded landscape is the Vore Buffalo Jump. This sinkhole served early residents as a slaughterhouse. using the natural pit as a trap, hunters would capture bison in late fall by runni…
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