Buffalo Park is a Flagstaff park located on McMillan Mesa off of Cedar Avenue. The park is popular with joggers because of it's well maintained loop of trails. The park is also beloved by photographers for its wide open fields and its views of the San Francisco Peaks. Buffalo Park is known for its recreational activities, but do you know the secrets of its "hidden history"? The background behind Buffalo Park is a story known only to a few locals who have lived in Flagstaff for their entire lives. Contemporary visitors know the park as a wide open area with a loop trail, log gates and a buffalo statue in the parking lot. For a short time last century, visitors could experience "Buffalo Park, the ride." Buffalo Park was created as a wildlife preserve and western town, complete with an "Old Front Street" and General Store. (Photo above from NAU Special Collections; Call Number: NAU.PC.85.3.1.12 ) A plaque in the parking lot reminds visitors abo...