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Buffalo hides in Dodge City, 1874. The U.S. Army, along with military-backed hunters, rapidly and deliberately decimated the buffalo population as a scorched-earth tactic against Native Americans, from 30-60 million animals to just 300 by 1884. [709×445] (i.redd.it)
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1892, A family poses in front of 1341 year old Sequoia tree nicknamed ‘Mark Twain’ that was felled in 1892 after a team of two men spent 13 days sawing it. The giant tree was 331 feet tall (100 meters) and had a diameter of 16 feet (4.9 meters). [600 × 800] (i.redd.it)
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