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Herd About Buffalo Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 7/8/2002
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

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Geocache Description:

Herd About Buffalo is an outdoor, public art project and was a fundraiser in the City of Buffalo. It ran in the summer of 2000, but you can still roam around town and see a bevy of buffaloes grazing in parks, squares, and sidewalks of the city.

As all of these buffaloes have been purchased as part of the fundraiser, they have all moved from their original display location! There were originally 150 buffaloes!

We have been able to track down a few, now we need your help! The initial point will take you to the Burchfield Penney Art Center, but you won't find a buffalo there!

The funds generated by 'Herd About Buffalo' were put towards research and patient care programs at Roswell Park Cancer Institute, and continuing art education programs at the Burchfield-Penney Art Center.

Please note that these buffaloes now belong to private individuals and companies; they are generally displayed outside of their establishment. We did not run into any problems while photographing them. The owners we did bump into were pleasantly suprised someone wanted to see their Buffalo - as it is why though bought them! As always, please use your common sense.

To complete this cache, you must perform one of two tasks:

  1. Take your photo with three of the buffaloes listed below (replica imposters don't count!), and post them with your log. If you don't have a camera, you can email us the name and a description of the buffalo you've found to dekaner@kkf2a.com or j-ra@kkf2a.com. (Each buffalo originally had a plaque on it's base with this information.)

  2. Find a buffalo that is not on our confirmed list, take a photo with it and post the photo and coordinates in your log!

That's it! Let's hunt some buffalo: [Last Updated 09/09/02]

Confirmed Buffalo:

  • N42º 53.386 W078º 52.401 - "Buffalo is a Place" - Downtown Buffalo (Found by Globetrotter)
  • N43° 00.159 W078° 49.996 - "Wind Up/Round Up" - Town of Tonawanda (Found by LeeG)
  • N43° 00.224 W078° 50.108 - "BuffaLOVE" - Town of Tonawanda (Found by LeeG)
  • N42° 53.929 W078° 51.893 - "Through the Eyes of a Child" - Downtown Buffalo (Found by LeeG)
  • N42° 55.057 W078° 52.126 - "Buffalo is a Place" - Allentown (Found by Dekaner)
  • N42° 55.601 W078° 52.614 - "BEN, The News Buffalo" - Allentown (Found by Dekaner)
  • N42° 56.486 W078° 51.416 - "Buffalo Impression" - North Buffalo (Found by J-Ra)
  • N42° 53.205 W078° 52.688 - "The Head & Tail Buffalo" - Downtown Buffalo (Found by Dekaner)
  • N42° 51.773 W078° 52.052 - "Tiffany" - Buffalo (Found by Q89)
  • N42° 55.840 W078° 52.047 - "Legends of the White Buffalo" - Wheatfield (Found by Q89)
  • N42° 54.541 W078° 52.470 - "Children of the New Millennium Holding our Future in their Hands" - Buffalo (Found by LeeG)
  • N42° 55.407 W078° 52.470 - "Elmwood Strip/Delaware Park" - Buffalo (Found by LeeG)
  • N42° 43.333 W078° 49.912 - "Comic Buffalo" - Hamburg (Found by FishingJohn)
  • N42° 59.840 W078° 41.786 - "Pulling for Buffalo" - Williamsville (Found by LeeG)
  • N42° 59.840 W078° 41.786 - "Buffalo in Good Hands" - Williamsville (Found by LeeG)
  • N42° 58.815 W078° 48.171 - Slinky Buffalo (Repainted!!) - Amherst (Found by The Kite Wizard)
  • N42° 57.069 W078° 48.787 - "Buffalo Soldier" - Buffalo (Found by LeeG)
  • N42° 57.743 W078° 46.806 - "Chrome on the Range" - Snyder (Found by Brasspounder & Eatom)
  • N42° 56.077 W078° 42.905 - "Pink Truffalo" - Cheektowaga (Found by J-Ra)
  • N42° 56.176 W078° 41.798 - "Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road? To Get to Buffalo" - Depew (Found by J-Ra)
  • N42° 56.218 W078° 41.800 - "Broadway Bison" - Depew (Found by J-Ra)
  • N43° 01.604 W078° 58.166 - "The Future of Buffalo" - Grand Island (Found by babrshpdru)
  • N42° 55.517 W078° 51.213 - "The Griffalo Goes to College" - Buffalo (Found by Brasspounder & Eatom)
  • N42° 43.333 W078° 49.912 - "Buffalo Wings" - Niagara Falls (Found by Babrshpdru)
Unidentified Buffaloes (More photos please!):
  • N42° 56.905 W078° 53.449 - ? - Buffalo (Found by LeeG)
  • N42° 57.917 W078° 41.868 - ? - Amherst (Found by LeeG)
  • N43° 01.036 W078° 43.092 - ? - East Amherst? (Found by LeeG)
  • N42° 59.030 W078° 41.762 - ? - Williamsville? (Found by LeeG)
  • N42° 46.233 W078° 43.792 - ? - Orchard Park (Found by Brasspounder)
  • N42° 50.418 W078° 41.839 - ? - Cheektowaga? (Found by Brasspounder)
Unconfirmed Locations:
  • Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society
  • Buffalo Transportation Pierce Arrow Museum
  • Avenue of the Flags at the VA Medical Center
  • Dipson Theaters (Various)
  • Bank of Akron
  • WUTV Fox 29
  • United Hot Tubs and Spas
  • Peace Bridge Duty Free
Replica Buffaloes:
  • N42° 55.878 W078° 53.924 - Imposter! - Buffalo (Found by LeeG, Brasspounder & Eatom)
  • N42° 54.415 W078° 52.064 - Imposter! - Buffalo (Found by LeeG)
  • N42° 54.407 W078° 52.105 - Imposter! - Buffalo (Found by LeeG)
For Geocachers outside of the area, buffaloes have also been spotted here:
  • Mo-Joe's, the Best Little Wing Joint in the Neighborhood - Rex, Georgia
  • Roaming around Lenexa, Kansas, a suburb of Kansas City
  • Roaming around Union, New Jersey

Although out-dated, the original 'Herd About Buffalo' page can be found here: http://www.herdaboutbuffalo.com.

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