The photo of two men standing on a mountain of bison skulls is well known as a symbol of hunting during colonisation of the US. But there's a more sinister story that lies behind it.

Men standing with pile of buffalo skulls, Michigan Carbon Works, Rougeville Mich., 1892. (Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library) Increased colonization of the West led to the large ...

The most famous photograph of bison extermination is a grisly image of a mountain of bison skulls. It was taken outside of Michigan Carbon Works in Rougeville, Mich., in 1892. At the close of the 18th ...