THE FIRST CENSUS 



OF LIVING AMERICAN PRONG HORN ANTELOPE 



JANUARY 1, 1922 



Compiled by Martin S. Garretson 



The number of antelope given in the following census has been 

 obtained with great difficulty; owing to the fact that many of them are 

 scattered in small bands over the most remote sections of a vast terri- 

 tory, however, the figures here shown are known to be approximately 

 correct. 



UNITED STATES 



Location 



Number Total 



California: 



Mt. Dome — Siskiyou County 



Dixie Vallev — Modoc County 



The Mud Flat Range — Lassen County 



San Joaquin Valley — Fresno County 



Mendota — Fresno County 



Los Angeles Refuge — Kern and Los Angeles County. 

 Granite Wells — San Bernardino County 



Colorado: 



Estimate in small bands throughout the State 



Idaho: 



Owyhee County 



Dubois, Clark, Lemhi and Custer Counties 



Kansas : 



Scott and Wichita Counties 



Morton County • • 



Montana: 



*Montana National Bison Range 



Townsend — Broadwater County 



Estimate number in scattered bands 



Nevada: 



Humboldt and Elko Counties 



Washoe County 



White Pine and Nye Counties, Estimate 



New Mexico: 



Bell Pasture, San Miguel County 



Southeastern part of Eddy County 



Western part of Socorro County 



Northern part of Chaves County 



North Dakota: 



Near Beach in the Kildeer Mountain Region 



97 

 9 

 257 

 18 

 11 

 12 

 30 



50 



600 

 400 



10 



20 



60 

 60 



400 



800 

 200 



75 



75 

 15 

 20 

 15 



75 



434 



50 



1,000 



30 



520 



1,075 



125 



* Since the above census was taken, the band of 60 antelope on the Montana 

 Bison Range have been completely wiped out by wolves and Indian dogs, being 

 caught in deep snow drifts during a severe blizzard. 



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