When one hunter started to have remorse for killing ... The senseless killing of bison in the 1800s nearly drove them to extinction. It was only because of conservation efforts over a century ...

Bison have miraculously resurrected from the brink of extinction after being slaughtered in the 1800s by hunters and employees of the railroad companies carving their way across the American West.

If it wasn’t for a hidden herd in the deepest reaches of this National Park, bison would have been wiped out in the late 1800s. Today, thousands of them thrive. Explore Subscribe Newsletters ...

Numbering an estimated 30 million in the early 1800s, the herds began ... relationship with the bison, and Charles Jesse “Buffalo” Jones, a mercenary hunter who took part in the final ...