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Buffalo Ranch

21600 S Hwy. 69, Afton, OK
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Russell and Aleene Kay open the business in the summer of 1953 The old Buffalo Ranch closed in 1998 and was torn down in 2002. But new owners of the property must have liked the idea of live Buffalo as there were some roaming around behind the new gas station and convenience store when I snapped this photo in 2013. In the old days there was a stuffed Buffalo you, or maybe your kids, could sit on for a photo op and of course you could buy any number of souvenirs. The place was good old fashioned tourist trap!

Apparently they also had some Peacocks roaming around back in the old days too. That's pretty much in keeping with many of the old and long gone wild animal attractions on the Mother Road. Located at the junction of Route 66, 69 & 59 Jct.,

But wait, there's more!

Besides the Buffalo and Peacocks you could get a buffalo burger (don't tell the buffalo!) or an old fashioned hamburger or hotdog along with a malt and/or a sundae at the new in 1954 Dairy Ranch (see the last postcard below) right there on the grounds.

There is a covered wagon and a buffalo statue here too. They make great photo opportunities.

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Vintage Advertising Highlights

GENUINE INDIAN MADE
(MEDICINE LODGE) TEPEE
22 feet high, Junctions U.S. Highways 66-69-60-59, near Afton, Oklahoma.

BUFFALO RANCH, OKLAHOMA, lies in the heart of the Indian Nation, astride the paths of the original Great Buffalo herds, which at the time Columbus discovered America, numbered 60 million. Man's depreciation reduced these herds, in 1889 to 541. The Buffalo Ranch is dedicated to the preservation of the last remnants of these Great America Beasts, so that, like the American they symbolize, they shall stand as monuments to our freedom.
JUNCTION U.S. HIGHWAY 66, 69, 60, 59
NEAR AFTON, OKLAHOMA

NOTE: The Buffalo Ranch Trading Post name only appears on the front of the card. The "Trading Post" text doesn't appear on the back of any of the postcards. Based on the images the last two postcards are as much as 9 years apart, but the text on the back is the same.
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Photo(s): 2013