A buffalo was shot on the St. Croix river, said to be as late as 1832.

The evidence

• “It is said there was a buffalo shot on the St. Croix river as late as 1832, so Wisconsin claims the last buffalo. The woodland caribou — Rangifer caribou — were never numerous within the limits of the state.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/03-wisconsin-topography-geology-agriculture.md, PDF p. 134 / book p. 138

  Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.

  Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources