Buffalo Jones' Adventures on the Plains Author:Charles Jesse Jones, Henry Inman (Compiler) Charles Jesse "Buffalo" Jones (1844-1919) was an American frontiersman, farmer, rancher, hunter, and conservationist. He cofounded Garden City, Kansas. He is cited by the National Archives as one of the "preservers of the American bison". He was also the first game warden of Yellowstone National Park. — He became known a... more »s “Buffalo" Jones because, he later boasted, “I have killed more buffaloes than any other man ever did.” However doubtful this claim, the sobriquet followed him for life. Ultimately, though, it would convey another meaning. Like any hide hunter on the Plains, he wanted to kill as many as he could, as quickly as he could. But Charles Jesse Jones wasn't the typical hide man. He was an innovator, an adventurer, a romantic, a visionary. And once his vision shifted from the momentary gain of slaughtering buffalo to the lasting work of preserving them, he found his true calling—and his legacy.
This volume is Part I of Buffalo Jones' Forty Years of Adventure.
Popular western novelist Zane Grey wrote about his travels with Jones in his book, The Last of the Plainsmen. In 1976, a western film called Buffalo Rider was made. The movie was a loose depiction of Jones' life.« less
ISBN-13: 9780803257122 ISBN-10: 0803257120 Publication Date: 1970 Pages:273 Edition:First Bison Book Edi Rating: