Thank you for sharing your photo essay. Acknowledging the prohibitive cost to tax payers :-( to renovate those old buildings, it sure is a shame to lose that dignified old architecture, isn't it?
I think zoologists use the term American bison for the buffalo. What is the story behind their being enclosed on prison grounds?
Very interesting about the German POWs. Thanks for researching that.
They were troublemakers.
Just reading this post for the first time & finding it very interesing. Spent 6 years at Fort Leavenworth as a kid.
The American Bison near Fort Leavenworth may be on federally owned property, but they are actually closer to the Federal Penitentiary rather that the Military Prison (USDB). They were a gift from the Fort Riley heard of bison. Back in the early 80's the mating pair had 2 offspring in the time I had been there. The original gift was 3 bison making the "herd" size a grand total of 5. Sadly 4 of them were found dead one morning. Autopsies were performed, looking for poison in the water, etc. Not sure if the cause of death was ever found. Since then I believe some of the animals were replenished by the folks at Fort Riley.