Day 31: July 16, 2016 Back in the Lower 48 Comment via blog |
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Although I wasn't expecting this and would not have even had a wild guess as to where it was, I recognized the name immediately. Head-Smashed-In is certainly a catchy name for a buffalo jump and that catchiness is probably a big reason for me remembering it. The drill on entering the building is to move to the top where a paved path leads to the actual jump site. A buffalo jump is a place where Native Americans stampeded buffalo over the edge after slowly moving them toward it. The Head-Smashed-In jump is the exposed rock area in the third and fourth pictures. It has been used many time with the first being nearly six thousand years ago. In addition to providing a good view of the kill zone, the concrete deck is a good place to look over the area to the south. I saw no buffalo while I was there but did see several marmots and got a picture of one. |
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