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More than 1,000 buffalo thunder across prairie land during the 47th annual Buffalo Roundup in western South Dakota's Custer State Park, Sept. 24, 2012. Event organizers estimate that more than 14,000 people attended the event.

South Dakota prairie rumbles from 1,000 buffalo

Two-year-old Jameson Maxwell sat mesmerized Monday as nearly 1,000 bison rumbled across the prairie in western South Dakota, the massive creatures racing at speeds of up to 50 mph in the annual Buffalo Roundup at Custer State Park. Full story…

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It is a far cry from the hundreds of thousands that once travled the West, but at least we still have them.

    Reply#1 - Sun Oct 7, 2012 10:29 AM EDT
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