First commercial buffalo hunt in Texas

 

(Texas Day by Day) On this day in 1874, Joseph McComb led a party out from Fort Griffin on the first commercial buffalo hunt in Texas.
The party consisted of McComb; two assistants, John Jacobs and John W. Poe; and teamsters, skinners, and an ox-drawn wagon.
The season's kill brought 2,000 hides, which were marketed at Fort Griffin at $1.50 and $2.00 each. Continued