SW DQ-292 World’s Largest Buffalo

The "World's Largest Buffalo Monument" is a sculpture of an American Bison located in Jamestown, North Dakota at the Frontier Village. The statue is a significant tourist draw for Jamestown and is a reminder of the large number of bisons that used to roam the prairie.

The sculpture is 26 feet (7.9 m) tall and 46 feet (14 m) long and weighs 60 short tons (54 t). It was constructed with stucco and cement around a steel beam frame shaped with wire mesh.

The sculpture is complete in many respects of detail. It is sculptured after a male bison in mid-stride and is anatomically correct.  In 2010, it was named “Dakota Thunder”.

This postcard came from Kenny (15 September 2014) Swap-bot.