Why did the American railroad workers hunt buffalo?
2 Answers
Their presence on the Great Plains was detrimental to the railroads
Explanation:
People such as William Cody(known as Buffalo Bill) wee hired by railroad companies(such as the Kansas Pacific railroad company) to kill as many buffaloes as possible since their galloping was a threat to the railways and their functioning. It went as far as to cause their near exctinction.
The most direct reason was to feed the railroad workers and provide revenue The indirect reason was to defeat the nomadic Indian tribes that opposed the railroads, and depended on the Buffalo herds,
Explanation:
The extinction of the vast buffalo ( Bison) herds destroyed the power of the plains Indian tribes. The tribes were a force that threaten to block the advance of the railroads. The buffalo hunters
helped to weaken the warring tribes.
The buffalo hunters not only feed the workers saving the railroads money, they brought in revenue. The railroads were short of capital to fund the building the rails. The buffalo hunters paid the railroad to ship the hides of the buffalos they killed. The sale of the buffalo hides helped to pay for the cost of building the railroads.
The Buffalo hunters, feed the workers, helped pay for the construction of the railroads, and destroyed the power of the plains Indians.
