Buffalo Trace, Pike and Dubois counties

ID: 1086 ~ Source: Early Indiana Trails and Surveys, (Indianapolis: C.E. Pauley and Co., 1919). ~ Creator: From George R. Wilson, Early Indiana Trails and Surveys, (Indianapolis: C.E. Pauley and Co., 1919), 366. ~ Date: 1919

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Map showing route of the Buffalo Trace into Pike and Dubois counties in western Indiana. Map courtesy of Early Indiana Trails and Surveys.

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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…