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Jamestown, North Dakota: World's Largest Buffalo

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

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World's Largest Buffalo - National Buffalo Museum

Jamestown, ND is home of the World's Largest Buffalo, and also home of the National Buffalo Museum. They have many artifacts from the early days of ND, and many items made from Buffalo hides and bones. There is a herd of live buffalo (approx 30) and even an albino buffalo. There is also a frontier village at this site, which contains many small stores from the early days of Jamestown. There are stagecoach rides too. They also have a small shop which contains much on Louis LaMoure's history, as he was a ND native.

[Daniel H. Hanson, 06/14/2005]

World's Largest Buffalo

Address:
404 Louis Lamour Lane, Jamestown, ND
Directions:
I-94 exit 258. Drive north. Turn right at the stoplight at the Frontier Village National Buffalo Museum green highway sign onto 17th St. SW/Louis Lamour Lane. Follow the road into Frontier Village, then bear left to arrive at the giant buffalo.
Hours:
Gate open daily 9-6 (Call to verify) Local health policies may affect hours and access.
Phone:
701-251-9145
RA Rates:
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