Jamestown, North Dakota -
World's Largest Buffalo

World's Largest Buffalo

This mighty bull bison -- built in 1959 out of sixty tons of concrete -- keeps its unblinking eye on the Jamestown grain elevator. Roadsideamerica.com Report...

Largest Buffalo In The World

Jamestown is home to newly named "Dakota Thunder." This behemoth is 46 ft. long, 26 ft. high, 14 ft. wide, and weighs in at 60 tons! It was sculpted and placed by Elmer Paul Petersen in 1959.

From the vantage point of the big guy, you can also view a free roaming buffalo herd, including several albino buffalo, which are sacred to the native tribes. [Troy Rognrud, 08/20/2010]

World's Largest Buffalo

The World's Largest Buffalo just got a new paint job over the summer, and he's looking much more realistic and spectacular these days. [Allison, 12/06/2007]

World's Largest Buffalo - Buffed Up

The World's Largest Buffalo in Jamestown, ND, got a makeover on June 20, 2007, by Hampton Hotels' Save-A-Landmark program. Ten Hampton volunteers worked with Elmer Petersen, the original artist and sculptor of the Buffalo, and contributed an estimated 100 hours of manpower and more than $16,000 toward the 60-ton bison. [Esther, 08/14/2007]

World's Largest Buffalo

This huge bison sits just off I-94 on the east side of Jamestown, ND. There is a little fakey, "Frontier town" with some old buildings and stuff and some real bison in a pen adjacent to that. [John Piepkorn, 02/18/2007]