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Oregon Historical Society Digital Collection

OrgLot269_FinleyB0506

Men standing by a fence watching elk as they are unloaded from crates into a holding corral at Billy Meadows. Wallowa Mountains, Oregon, 1912.
OHS Research Library, Org. Lot 369, Finley B0506.

The history of why the elk were brought from Wyoming to Oregon:

https://blogs.oregonstate.edu/scarc/2016/12/21/william-finley-and-the-great-elk-transplant-of-1912/

 

Elgin Museum and Historical Society

PO Box 358

Elgin, OR  97827

 

Webpage:  www.elginmuseum.org

Email: info@elginmuseum.org

Phone: 541-608-8059

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LOCATION:

180 N 8th Ave

Elgin, OR  97827

Hours Thu, Fri, Sat 10-4

Adults $5, Students $3, Under 5 Free

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