There's a long lineage to these furry giants, the Texas State Bison Herd: they (may) trace back to cattleman Charlie Goodnight's gift of a few calves (orphaned by hunters) to his wife Molly between 1878-1889.
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RT @TPWDparks
Good thing they have fur coats 🥶

Bison took the snow in stride at Caprock Canyons State Park in the #TexasPanhandle.

#TexasStateParks
#txwx
https://twitter.com/TPWDparks/status/1618286940918525957

Brakeman running after a train in the Texas Panhandle, 1943. I love this because it shows how flat, treeless, and desolate the landscape there truly is. And also because of trains.

Photo by Jack Delano.

#texaspanhandle #texashistory #texasculture #texas