To protect America from erroneous scientific speculation, Thomas Jefferson turned to the elk

A print of Cervus alces in the 19th century zoological print collection titled “Iconographia Zoologica.” (Special Collections of the University of Amsterdam via Wikimedia Commons) Part of an ongoing weekly series about Alaskan history by local historian David Reamer. Have a question about Anchorage or Alaskan history or an idea for a future article? Fill … Read more