Original taken at Michigan Carbon Works, Rougeville, Michigan. 1892. Located in the Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library. [1]
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2011-02-09T23:51:10Z
Kaldari 5689x4448 (2473795 Bytes) {{Information |Description=Photograph from the mid-1870s of a pile of [[w:American bison|American bison]] skulls waiting to be ground for fertilizer. Courtesy of the . |Source=http://www.raeky.com/bison/, originally Burton Hi
{{Information |Description={{en|Photograph from the mid-1870s of a pile of
American bison skulls waiting to be ground for fertilizer.}} |Source=*
File:Bison_skull_pile.jpg |Date=2011-05-27 22:06 (UTC) |Author=*[[:File:Bison_skull
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