Buffalo Business

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Buffalo skulls.  Click to enlarge.

In 1873 50 train car loads of smoked buffalo tongues were shipped from Dodge City.
From the west, hides and tongues were shipped, along with a few prime cuts. The rest was junk.
Correction:
"Notice to Farmers: I will pay cash for buffalo bones. Bring them in by the ton or hundred. I will give fifty pounds of the best twine for one ton of bones, for this month only, or a $40 sewing machine for forty tons. I want 5000 tons this month".   Grafton News and Times, 23 July 1885
("Bone black" was used for pigment before being replaced by "carbon black".)