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Article: In the saddle at the Bison Museum.(THE HOME FORUM)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- January 15, 2008
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Byline: Felice Prager
Can you imagine having a collection of something that you like so much that you buy a whole museum's worth of memorabilia? That's what Gary Martinson did! He loves bison collectibles, so in 1999, he bought the Buffalo Museum of America from an Arizona family and added the museum's collection to the one he already had.
Mr. Martinson was always passionate about bison. In fact, he attended North Dakota State University, whose sports teams are called the Bison, or the Thundering Herd.
From there, he began collecting all things bison-related. And he soon realized that images of bison are engraved, painted, imprinted on, or ...