Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, located in southwestern Oklahoma near Lawton, has protected unique wildlife habitats since 1901 and is the oldest managed wildlife facility in the United States Fish
Spring wildflowers in the refuge
Black-tailed prairie dog
Bison with vegetation around French Lake
Parallel Forest in the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, 3-2025
Quanah Parker
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Quanah Parker was a Native American war leader of the Kwahadi band of the Comanche Nation. He was likely born into the Nokoni band of Tabby-nocca and grew up among the Kwahadis, the son of Kwahadi Com
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
…from extinction. In 1907 the American Bison Society transported 15 bison, six bulls and nine cows, from the Bronx Zoo. On arrival, the Comanche leader Quanah Parker and a host of other Indians and whites turned out to welcome the bison. At that time, bison had been extinct on the southern Great Plains for 30 years…
Cynthia Ann Parker and her daughter, Topʉsana (Prairie Flower), in 1861
Quanah Parker on horseback wearing eagle feather headdress and holding a lance bottom-up. Late 1800s
Quanah Parker photograph at Pioneer West Museum in Shamrock, Texas
Quanah Parker gravesite