Vore Buffalo Jump

08/14/2026

Especially for those of you who are fondly remembering Chuck Reher, here are a few of Arienna Ann Reher's favorites that we used in the display.

08/13/2026

Here's another image from the new exhibit in honor of Charles Reher, our long-time chief scientist. This panel shows a schematic of the 22 layers of bone in the floor of the sinkhole -- each a record of a single mass bison kill at the site.

08/06/2026

Since there's nothing like a beautiful projectile point, I thought that's what I would share this week. These photos are of a sample of Knife River flint and a projectile point found at the Vore Site made from this type of stone. As noted by Gene Gade in his article on knapping stones for our last newsletter, Knife River flint is not a true flint. This beautiful, amber-colored stone comes only from a few known quarries in what is now central North Dakota. Its characteristic color and luster make it unmistakable. Although dark in color, Knife River flint is semi-translucent. Therefore, it is a chalcedony, not a flint.

07/31/2026

Another VBJF memory: In 2014, students from Chief Dull Knife College were at the Jump tanning hides for a tipi. Their instructor was Larry Belitz. The finished tipi, made from five brain-tanned bison hides, is on display at the Vore Site.

07/23/2026

For throwback Thursday, here are a couple of photos from 1971 as archaeologists from the University of Wyoming prepared to excavate. That is Sundance resident Merle Sisson on the backhoe.

07/16/2026

Thought I'd share a panel from our new exhibit created in honor of Charles Reher. The exhibit describes the findings from the excavations in the 1970s.

07/07/2026

Thanks so much to the Sundance Times for the article on the documentary that will screen Friday at Old Stoney here in Sundance. Please join us for refreshments at 5:30 pm and the screening at 6 pm.

A PBS documentary to be screened next week at Old Stoney will feature footage of Crook County's own Vore Buffalo Jump. "Before Wyoming: The West in 1776" explores the overlooked history of the American West during the Revolutionary era, when the vast region between the coasts had yet to be explored....

07/02/2026

Join us for a screening of the WY PBS documentary "Before Wyoming: The West in 1776" , which explores the overlooked history of our area during the Revolutionary era. The Vore Site is featured! The screening will be held in the auditorium of Old Stoney in Sundance on July 10. Refreshments will be served at 5:30 p.m. with the screening to begin at 6 p.m.

For more info see: https://www.pbs.org/show/before-wyoming-the-west-in-1776/

06/25/2026

A throwback Thursday for you with thanks to Ted Vore. This photo was taken in June of 2010. The foundation for the building on the floor of the sinkhole that protects our open excavation units had just been poured. The metal in the lower left corner is a door that was over the open excavation units.

06/24/2026

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