Today started with a trip to a local walk-in clinic. My
sinus infection is back with a vengeance and I knew I needed a stronger RX. We
also woke to rain as it had rained all night. The clinic was new and not busy,
so that didn’t take too long. Hopefully, this sinus thing will get better soon.
We killed time before going to lunch in town (just fast
food) and hoped the rain would stop before we explored the sites here in
Jamestown.
We started at the Buffalo Museum which had a great film on
the history of the Bison & how they were almost extinct until Theodore
Roosevelt started conservation efforts. Thanks to ranching on private land
& nature preserves the numbers are up. We saw the largest Buffalo statue
and their herd of Bison that included an adult white buffalo and a young white
one. The museum was well done. The rain had mostly stopped and we checked out
the Frontier Village that had buildings from various areas showing how life was
during early Jamestown. Louis L'Amour dad’s favorite author. He would have
loved this frontier town with his display and the print shop since he used to
have one. (the printing press was almost the same as he had)
Buffalo Museum
modern Bison Skull
10,000 year old bison skull
world's largest buffalo from the museum patio
view of the herd from the museum patio (far away)
model used for the giant buffalo
me underneath it
Greg underneath it
rare white bufalo
white buffalo calf on the hill
juvenile Savannah Sparrow
Here lies Lester Moore 4 slugs from a 44 no les no more...
Louis L'Amour's writing cabin
yep, looks like a horse thief to me....
We went for a photo op of Saint James Basilica and drove to
Fort Seward which was a 1 room museum and there really is nothing of the site
left. (signs & plaques only)
Saint James Basilica
So, a fairly easy day for us. We did need to come back and
prepare to leave for our next stop in western North Dakota where we will spend
a few days in Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
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