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Pawnee Bill's ranch in 1911. Pawnee Bill believed strongly in the importance of the bison to the history of the American West and to the Plains Indian culture. He desired to perpetuate and develop the bison and lobbied congress to pass legislation to protect the animal. [3] This was the beginning of the ranch's time as a bison preservation.
The Cooper Bison Kill Site is an archaeological site near Fort Supply in Harper County, Oklahoma, United States. Located along the Beaver River , it was explored in 1993 and 1994 and found to contain artifacts of the Folsom tradition , dated at c.10800 BCE to c. 10,200 BCE in calibrated radiocarbon years . [ 2 ]
Pages in category "Ranches on the National Register of Historic Places in Oklahoma" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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The ranch is a 3,700-acre (1,500 ha) wildlife preserve, home to over 30 different species of native and exotic wildlife, such as bison, elk and longhorn cattle. Woolaroc is also a museum with a collection of Western art and artifacts, American Indian material, and one of the largest collections of Colt firearms in the world.
[21] [22] [23] Mr. Rush attained local and statewide recognition for the railway transport facilitation and safeguard of the near extinct American bison during October of 1907. [24] [25] [26] The Plains bison herd was granted to the state of Oklahoma by the Bronx Zoological Gardens and New York Zoological Society. [27]
The Miller Brothers 101 Ranch was a 110,000-acre (45,000 ha) cattle ranch in the Indian Territory of Oklahoma before statehood. Located near modern-day Ponca City , it was founded by Colonel George Washington Miller, a veteran of the Confederate Army, in 1893. [ 4 ]
Four tallgrass prairie preserves are located in the Flint Hills. The largest of these, the Tallgrass Prairie Preserve, in the Osage Hills near Pawhuska, Oklahoma boasts a large population of bison and is an important refuge for other wildlife such as the greater prairie chicken (Tympanuchus cupido).