Latest content added for The Gateway to Oklahoma Historyhttps://gateway.okhistory.org/search/?q=&sort=added_d&t=fulltext&fq=str_location_county%3ATeton+County%2C+WY2022-10-14T05:32:43-05:00UNT LibrariesThis is a custom feed for searching The Gateway to Oklahoma HistoryBringing Back the Big Game: The Reintroduction of Elk to the Wichita Mountains2022-10-14T05:32:43-05:00https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2006510/<p><a href="https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2006510/"><img alt="Bringing Back the Big Game: The Reintroduction of Elk to the Wichita Mountains" title="Bringing Back the Big Game: The Reintroduction of Elk to the Wichita Mountains" src="https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2006510/small/"/></a></p><p>Article explores the circumstances surrounding the decision to move starving Rocky Mountain elk from Jackson Hole, Wyoming, to the Wichita Mountains National Forest and Game Preserve in southwestern Oklahoma in 1911, and the Progressive conservation ideals behind bringing the elk to Oklahoma.</p>