The City of Forest Hills established Bison Meadow in 1994 as a Tennessee Bicentennial Project.  The 2½-acre park is sited on a terminal branch of the historic Natchez Trace. This “old Indian path” itself followed the path of buffalo, elk, and other large animals heading to the big salt lick on the Cumberland River.

Landscape architect Tara Armistead designed the park with an undulating curve of green grass surrounding an area planted with wildflowers and natural grasses. Prairie ecosystems of Indian grass, and big and little bluestem were once abundant across the Middle Tennessee landscape. Bison Meadow is similar to a Middle Tennessee “barrens or prairie” natural area that is now rare.