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elk in WV

On January 28, 1913, a shipment of elk from Yellowstone Park arrived in Marlinton for transport to land near Minnehaha Springs.

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Will Capture 50 Elks for Alleghany Game Preserve
January shipment of elk from Yellowstone
February shipment of elk from Yellowstone
Elk in Yellowstone (photo from Fourth Biennial Report of the Forest, Game and Fish Warden of West Virginia, 1915-1916)
Part of the elk which were shipped to West Virginia (photo from Fourth Biennial Report of the Forest, Game and Fish Warden of West Virginia, 1915-1916)
Trap corral and method of loading elk shipped to West Virginia (photo from Fourth Biennial Report of the Forest, Game and Fish Warden of West Virginia, 1915-1916)
Loading of elk for shipment to West Virginia (photo from Fourth Biennial Report of the Forest, Game and Fish Warden of West Virginia, 1915-1916)
Elk in new home in West Virginia (photo from Fourth Biennial Report of the Forest, Game and Fish Warden of West Virginia, 1915-1916)



January 28: Samuel Price


On This Day in West Virginia History: January

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