From Kansas where the buffalo roam…

If you’re interested in buffalo, you’ve come to the right place.

Linda Hubalek

Hello! I’m Linda Hubalek, owner of Smoky Hill Bison Co. and Butterfield Books. I grew up on a Kansas farm, and have always been involved in agriculture. Since 1997 I’ve been back to where my ancestors homesteaded, raising bison on the land where the buffalo roamed before the settlers arrived to claim it. My husband Verne (who is part Cherokee), planted our land back into grass for the buffalo.

And just like the Native Americans who first lived in this area, we utilize the American Plains bison for our food, and they provide us with our livelihood. We specialize in everything buffalo from buffalo jerky to tanned bison hides. We even have bison items for your pets too.

Please look around our websites, order what you’ve been looking for, and we’ll ship your buffalo item direct to your front door. Our state is known as “where the buffalo roam” so we’re proud to ship you bison meat from Kansas, where I think the original, and current, best source of animals are from.

Its Past: Homesteaded on the Prairie

I’ve also written about the Kansas pioneers that settled this area, and publish books about them through my Butterfield Books Inc. book company. Centuries ago, buffalo and Native Americans passed over our family’s land on their way down to the Smoky Hill River. Then the area was homesteaded in the late 1860s by Swedish immigrant families.

My Butter in the Well book series tells the story of the original family that homesteaded the farm in 1869 (where I grew up), and the lifetime work it took to establish the farm. My two other book series, Trail of Thread and Planting Dreams, tell how my father’s and my mother’s ancestors homesteaded on other Kansas farms in the 1800’s. I also have quilt patterns to match too.

These days my writing is also posted in my weekly Newsletter. Please sign up in the email box to keep in touch with the buffalo and the Kansas seasons.

Its Present: Buffalo are Roaming Kansas again

So today the buffalo are back on the land enjoying life where they once grazed.

Please browse through the website sections to learn about our unique agri-business in central Kansas, and the products we offer through them. We appreciate your supporting both family agriculture and the American Buffalo.