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James "Scotty" Philip James "Scotty" Philip is widely seen as the man who save the American Buffalo.

Scotty Philip migrated from Scotland to the United States of America in the 1800's and settled in Kansas. He moved to South Dakota at the time of the gold rush, where he eventually became a rancher. Scotty became aware of the dwindling population of bison (less then 100) and purchased a small herd Fred Dupree.

Philip grew this herd to nearly 1000 buffalo at the time of his death in 1911. The herd was slowly sold off, including a sale to Custer State Park, located in the Black Hills of South Dakota where a herd of approximately 1000 are maintained today.

Philip is remembered in both print and music as "The Buffalo King" for preserving the nearly extinct American buffalo.