Big Goose Creek Buffalo Jump

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Big Goose Creek Buffalo Jump
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NRHP reference # 74002031 [1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 12, 1974

The Big Goose Creek Buffalo Jump is a buffalo jump located in rural Sheridan County, Wyoming. The site consists of the path which buffalo were driven along, the jump site, and the kill site below the cliff. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. 2010-07-09.

Wyoming State Historical Preservation Office