At 60 tons -- the equivalent of 60 full grown male buffalo -- this is truly "The World's Largest Buffalo."
Built in 1959 by Jamestown College art instructor Elmer Paul Peterson, the buffalo is made from gunnite -- a type of sprayed cement -- over 1/4 inch wire mesh framed with 8 inch steel beaming, and 3/8 inch reinforcing rod. The first giant roadside sculpture built in North Dakota it measures in at 46 feet long, 26 feet in height and cost some $8500 to make.
In 1965 a replica old west town named "Frontier Village," was built next to it, and includes a grocery store, school house, church, jail house, wishing well, Midland and Northern Pacific caboose, mine shaft, printing shop, post office, fire department with three old fire trucks, train depot, log cabin, art salon, souvenir shop, and even a barber shop.
Nearby is a live herd of buffalo - including "White Cloud," an extremely rare albino buffalo, and the National Buffalo Museum.
