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title: "Why did the American railroad workers hunt buffalo?"  
description: "Why did the American railroad workers hunt buffalo?"  
author: "Cox elliott"  
published: 2018-04-23  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41294/why-did-the-american-railroad-workers-hunt-buffalo  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Why did the American railroad workers hunt buffalo?

Why did the [American](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41823/how-much-did-the-vietnam-war-cost-american-taxpayers) [railroad workers](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/42536/which-legislation-protects-and-compensates-railroad-workers-who-are-injured-on-the-job) [hunt](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51236/helen-hunt-jackson-s-a-century-of-dishonor-chronicled-the-injustices-inflicted-upon-which-group-of-people) buffalo?\
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