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Nostalgia & History > Hunting Party, 1880Date: 10/22/14 22:42 Hunting Party, 1880 Author: MartyBernard This photograph and caption are from the Minnesota Historical Society's Online Collection.
Hunting party posed in front of Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway car; killed birds and ducks decorate the car and are piled on the ground. Creation Photographer: Lee Brothers Subjects Subject: Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad Company Dates Creation: 1880 ID Number: GV3.31 p132 So the car was full of nail holes thereafter! Enjoy, Marty Bernard Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 10/22/14 23:02 by MartyBernard. Date: 10/23/14 07:34 Re: Hunting Party, 1880 Author: rswebber In 1870, a flock of passenger pigeons literally darkened the sky, taking days to pass a single point (from front of the flock to rear). By 1900, they were virtually extinct, save for some birds in the Milwaukee, Chicago & Cincinnati Zoos. Martha, the last one (we know about) was in Cincinnati.
More than a billion birds wiped out in less than 30 years. Date: 10/23/14 22:23 Re: Hunting Party, 1880 Author: lwilton rswebber Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > More than a billion birds wiped out in less than > 30 years. But hesitate just a tad before 'crediting' the Evil Human Race with that whole deed. While there is no doubt that a lot got shot/trapped/eaten/poisoned, it may well be that Mother Nature was herself responsible for most all of the change, due to a changing weather pattern or the like. Such things do happen, but Activists then blame even that on the Evil Human Race. |