Deteriorating Roadbed

ID: 1084 ~ Source: Photo by Angela Doyle, U.S. Forrest Service.

This file appears in: Buffalo Trace

Sections of the trace remain visible throughout southern Indiana. This remnant lies on U.S. Forest Service land in Orange County.

This file appears in: Buffalo Trace

Buffalo Trace

By Ashley Slavey, Megan Simms, Wes Cunningham, Eric Brumfield & Katy Morrison

Early settlers to southern Indiana encountered American Bison in large numbers. The most prominent overland path through the area was the Buffalo Trace, a cluster of trails running from the prairies of Illinois to salt licks in northern and central…