Record #:

29727

Author(s):

Barnhill, Taylor

Abstract:

The Eastern Wood Bison, one of three subspecies of North American bison, was killed to extinction by 1825. Two trans-mountain migration routes of the eastern wood bison roughly followed the French Broad River near Asheville, North Carolina. Remnants of the old bison trails still exist today and are distinguished by deeply sunken paths with old, mature trees growing from high embankments.

Source:

The Laurel of Asheville (NoCar F 264 .A8 L28), Vol. 13 Issue 2, February 2017, p78, il

Subject(s):

Extinct animals; Trails--North Carolina, Western; Bison