Buffalo jones biography
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Buffalo Jones' forty years of adventure :
a volume of facts gathered from experience.
By Hon. C.J. Jones, whose eventful life has been devoted to the preservation of the American bison and other wild animals ... Comp. by Colonel Henry Inman.
Description
- Published
- Topeka, Kans. : Crane, 1899.
- Summary
- The story of the amazing Charles Jesse Jones who helped saved the buffalo from extinction.
- Note
- Master microform held by: ResP.
- Physical Description
- xii, 469 p. illus., plates, ports. 24 cm.
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Charles Jesse Jones collection
Charles Jesse Jones, known as "Buffalo" Jones, born January 31, 1844 in Tazewell County, Illinois to Noah and Jane Jones, lead the life of the quintessential pioneer cowboy. From his early childhood in Illinois where his father once hired Attorney Abraham Lincoln, to his experience as a buffalo hunter on the Great Plains in the 1870's, and later his friendship and rivalry with Theodore Roosevelt, Jones' life story serves as an allegory for the experience of American expansionism on the western frontier. Charles J. Jones' unique role in this westward movement was his effort to save the American Bison from extinction, and subsequently to hybridize them with domestic cattle.
His early experience as a buffalo hunter lead Jones to respect the rugged, adaptive qualities of bison, simultaneously lamenting their demise and his own role in their slaughter. In the process of trying to save the bison from extinction Jones became famous for the live capture of wild animals. His reputation lead him on a series of adventures including the live capture African big game, which was filmed with both still and moving photography; the live capture of the arctic musk ox, and the capture and "spanking" of bears in Yellowstone National Park after being appointed P
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