In late October 1883, Joseph Powell, who lived in the northeast quarter of Section 30 of Myron Township, sighted a bull buffalo near the claim of Herbert Geddes in the northeast quarter of Section 9 of Myron Township. They followed the bull in a wagon to about three miles west of LaFoon or three miles east of Faulkton, and C.A. Ritter, who lived on Section 1 of Tamworth Township, joined them on horseback. As the bull entered the valley of Section 7 of LaFoon Township near Snake Creek, Ritter shot the buffalo with his shotgun using No. 6 shot. Powell hauled the carcass to LaFoon, where buffalo steaks were served at the LaFoon House Hotel. Early pioneers found many bleached bones of the American bison, or buffalo, attesting to the vast herds that once existed, and LaFoon, like the wild buffalo, no longer exists.