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Our world was a 'sea of grass' in 1776

easternnewmexiconews · lebanon

Historians estimate 30 million to 60 million buffalo roamed the Great Plains in 1776. (Photo illustration by Sharna Gardner) When the 13 American colonies cut ties with Great Britain and established the United States of America in 1776, the region we know as eastern New Mexico would not have been recognizable to those who live here today. This was 83 years before the Atchison, Topeka & Santa...

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