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Glenrock Buffalo Jump

Coordinates: 42°50′38″N 105°56′00″W / 42.84389°N 105.93333°W / 42.84389; -105.93333
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Glenrock Buffalo Jump
Glenrock Buffalo Jump is located in Wyoming
Glenrock Buffalo Jump
Glenrock Buffalo Jump is located in the United States
Glenrock Buffalo Jump
Nearest cityGlenrock, Wyoming
Coordinates42°50′38″N 105°56′00″W / 42.84389°N 105.93333°W / 42.84389; -105.93333
Arealess than one acre
NRHP reference No.69000186[1]
Added to NRHPApril 16, 1969

The Glenrock Buffalo Jump is a 40-foot (12 m) high bluff in Converse County, Wyoming that was used by Native Americans as a buffalo jump. Bison were driven over the edge of the escarpment and were killed or injured by the fall, allowing the hunters to collect large quantities of meat at little hazard to themselves. Large amounts of buffalo bone and articles left by the hunters remain at the site, which was used from about 400 to 1750.[2]

The Glenrock Buffalo Jump was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 16, 1969.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Glenrock Buffalo Jump". Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
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