It is believed the last eastern elk in Pennsylvania — now an extinct subspecies — was killed in 1867 by Jim Jacobs, a full-blooded Indian, on the headwaters of the Clarion River.

The last of the eastern elk subspecies were killed in the late 1870s in the mountains of Pennsylvania — habitat loss due to human development and market hunting had led to their demise.

The last Eastern elk in Michigan was documented in 1875 and the subspecies was declared extinct in 1880 by the federal government, Stafford said. Today, ...

The last known Eastern elk was shot in Pennsylvania in 1877. The Moehles have launched a Kickstarter campaign in hopes of raising money to continue researching the origins of the remains.

The last known native Eastern Elk in the eastern U.S. was likely hunted in the late 1800s, according to the Wildlife Management Institute. The United States’ first national river is in Arkansas .

But, by 1840, the last native eastern elk in Ohio was shot in Ashtabula County. The last eastern elk in the U.S. was killed in Pennsylvania in 1877 and the species was declared extinct three years ...

The last Eastern Elk vanished from North Carolina in the 1700s. The National Park Service reintroduced a different subspecies from Canada to the Great Smoky Mountains over 20 years ago, and the ...

The last wild eastern elk is thought to have fallen to a Pennsylvania hunter in 1877. Pennsylvania has since reestablished a wild elk herd with animals relocated from western states.

The last wild Eastern elk in Virginia is thought to have been killed by Col. Gos Tuley of Clarke County in 1855. By the 1870s, the entire Eastern subspecies was extinct across its range.

Elk used to roam throughout the Eastern United States, ... On the last tour stop, a dozen small mountain ridges are below us, and there's another herd of elk in the distance.