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The SH-6 designation remained unused until August 21, 1954, when it was assigned to a highway beginning at US-283 east of Mangum, extending north through Granite and Retrop, and ending at US-66 in Elk City. [5] [6] The highway was extended west along SH-73 to its current northern terminus on January 21, 1957. [5]
Elk City is a city in Beckham County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 11,561 at the time of the 2020 census , [ 4 ] a slight decrease from the 11,693 figure of the 2010 census . [ 5 ] Elk City is located on Interstate 40 and Historic U.S. Route 66 in western Oklahoma, approximately 110 miles (180 km) west of Oklahoma City and 150 ...
Cherokee Outlet, then County Q in Oklahoma Territory [61] The Skidi Pawnee Native American people: 27.83 15,864: 570 sq mi (1,476 km 2) Payne County: 119: Stillwater: 1890: County 6 in Oklahoma Territory in 1889, renamed to Payne County in 1907 [62] David L. Payne, the key figure in opening Oklahoma to white settlement: 121.50 83,352: 686 sq mi ...
Male Western moose stand anywhere from 1.9 to 2.0 metres (6.2 to 6.6 ft) at the shoulder. Their antlers span 1.5 to 1.7 metres (4.9 to 5.6 ft) and they weigh anywhere from 380–720 kilograms (840–1,590 lb). Female Western moose stand at 1.8 metres (5 ft 11 in) on average, and weigh anywhere from 270 to 360 kilograms (600 to 790 lb).
In Oklahoma, it’s illegal to shoot a mountain lion unless you are protecting yourself or your property, authorities said. If you kill a mountain lion, you must immediately call the state department.
The Nickel Family Preserve is located in the forested and rocky Cookson Hills region of eastern Oklahoma. Elevations on the refuge range from 850 feet (260 m) to 1,250 feet (380 m). [1] The preserve was founded in 2000 due to a land gift from the John Nickel family. It is the largest privately owned conservation area in the Ozark Mountains. [2]
As of 2007, it had three milk-producing moose, whose milk yielded roughly 300 kilograms (660 lb) of cheese per year, which sold for about $1,000 (equivalent to $1,469 in 2023) [6] per kilogram. [7] A disturbed moose cow's milk dries up, so it can take up to 2 hours of milking in silence to get the full 2-litre (0.53 US gal) yield. [ 8 ]
It was as large as the modern moose, with an elk-like head, long legs, and palmate antlers that were more complex and heavily branching than the moose. [3] Cervalces scotti reached 2.5 m (8.2 ft) in length and a weight of 708.5 kg (1,562 lb).