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The Wichita Forest Reserve was established by the United States General Land Office in Oklahoma on July 4, 1901, with 57,120 acres (231.2 km 2).After the transfer of federal forests to the U.S. Forest Service in 1905, it became a National Forest on March 4, 1907, as Wichita National Forest.
Listing of the National Forests of the United States and Their Dates (Forest History Society website) Text from Davis, Richard C., ed. Encyclopedia of American Forest and Conservation History. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company for the Forest History Society, 1983.
At 2,464 ft (751 m) Mount Scott is the second highest mountain within the Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge boundary. Mount Pinchot in the Special Use Area [ a ] is 12 feet (4 m) taller. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] A paved road leads to the summit of Mount Scott, offering views of the granite promontories to the west, the wind farm on the Slick Hills ...
Congress also had continued to respond to the public mood recognized by Roosevelt in establishing the Wichita Mountains Forest and Game Preserve in 1905, the National Bison Range in 1908, and the National Elk Refuge in 1912. The latter was the first unit of the present system to be referred to as a "refuge."
It takes just a 40 minute drive from Wichita to experience the best adventure in Kansas, according to National Geographic.. The publication’s article “Here are the best ways to get outdoors in ...
Additionally Reserving Wichita National Forest Lands for Protection of Water Supply of Fort Sill, Oklahoma December 15, 1909 98 1148: Permanent Appointment of Two Temporary Unclassified Laborers in the Customs Service in New York December 21, 1909 99 1149
The Wichita Falls location officially became a Dillard’s Aug. 31, 1971. It didn’t last long. Oilman Louis Sikes began planning in the 1960s for an enclosed shopping mall west of his mansion on ...
Ketch Ranch House or Ketch Ranch was private property located in the Wichita Mountains of Southwestern Oklahoma. [1] During the early 1920s, the forest reserve residence was established as a working ranch and vacation home for Ada May Ketch and Frank Levant Ketch who served as mayor of Ringling, Oklahoma.