Chrisman Collection

Harry E. Chrisman, former Liberal author and historian, donated a large collection of his writings, photographs, and other items to Liberal Memorial Library for the purpose of research. This database searches the contents of the Chrisman Collection.

PC27-J

Call No: PC27-J

Description: Buffalo Skull at Beaver City, Oklahoma, museum

Date of origin: September 1961

Type: Postcard

Size: 3 1/2 x 5 1/2

Condition: Good

Content:

[front] Buffalo Skull – has three teeth Dodge City, KS [back] In Beaver City Museum almost a perfect Buffalo Skull. They roamed “No Man’s Land,” Indian hunting ground. White men killed buffalos for hides. “Squatters gathered bones and hauled them to Dodge City, Kansas, for $4,000 per ton, a four days trip with good luck. 9-61; Beaver City Museum; Postcard; Etch Tone

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Miscellaneous Info.:

No correspondence; buffalo skull on shelf in museum collection.

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Subject: Beaver City Museum, Beaver City Museum Oklahoma, Beaver City Oklahoma, bookcase, books, Buffalo skull with three teeth, Dodge City Kansas, Etch Tone, horse figurines, museum, museum collection, No Man’s Land,