| Y/M/D | Association | Description | Place | Locale | Food | Event | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1886/00/00 | Smithsonian Institution | Vocation | The Smithsonian Institute sends an expedition to acquire bison specimens for mounting and scientific study. After a long search, 25 are found near the LU Bar Ranch in Montana. The original specimens are in the Fort Benton Museum of the Upper Missouri. | Hornaday Camp | Sand Springs | ||
| 1886/11/06 | William T Hornaday | Zoologist | Led by William T Hornaday, the Smithsonian's expedition to collect buffalo specimens "camps on the Big Porcupine" on a bend in McGinnis Creek from November 5 or 6 to 13 December 1886. | Hornaday Camp | Sand Springs | American Bison | |
| 1887/00/00 | Six of William T Hornaday's 24 mounted American Bison are put on exhibit at the Smithsonian. | Smithsonian Institution Building | Washington, DC | ||||
| 1955/00/00 | Hornaday Smithsonian Buffalo, 6 mounted specimens, are dismantled, returned to Montana, and placed in storage. | ||||||
| 1996/00/00 | Hornaday Smithsonian Buffalo group are installed at Museum of the Northern Great Plains in their original poses and positions just as they appeared in the Smithsonian. | Museum of the Northern Great Plains | Fort Benton |
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