The Endangered Ark Foundation

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2657 E 2070 Rd, Hugo, OK 74743, Hugo, OK, United States

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Come with Shel to play with the elephants that live in Hugo, the town that has been home to more than 20 circuses. This is the largest elephant herd on the North American continent that is accessible to the public. You are invited to get up close and personal with these girls... and they will steal your heart.

Endangered Ark Foundation | Elephants in Hugo

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In Hugo Oklahoma you can hang out with and feed Elephants! Only on Saturdays can you visit but your money goes to a good cause helping these beautiful creatures eat and have a place to live. They also do fun tricks like painting and dancing!

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Endangered Ark Foundation || eExtraCares

Not many people in the community know about an elephant sanctuary just north of Lamar County in Hugo, Oklahoma.

Endangered Ark Foundation, 2657 East 2070 Rd. in Hugo, Oklahoma, was founded to care for retired circus elephants. The nonprofit organization continues its elephant care through donations, tours and purchases at its gift shop.

Through reservations, this hidden gem would be a great weekend outing for the whole family. #EndangeredArkFoundation #HiddenGem #eExtraCares

Endangered Ark

The Endangered Ark Foundation is home to the second largest herd of Asian elephants in America. The foundation was started in 1993 to help preserve these endangered elephants. Tours are available every Saturday at 10am with advance reservation only.

9500# At the Elephant rescue in Hugo,Oklahoma: Endangered Ark Foundation (donation link in video)

(FACTS BELOW) Sorry we started recording late. We spent the day at Endangered Ark Foundation for Chilibot's birthday and learned all about elephants and even got to feed and touch one. Go to the end to see me, tankerz, and chilibot feeding and hanging out with the elephant. The other family was kind enough to split the auction donation at the end with us when it came time to pay. She was 9500#! The baby was 3500# at 3 years old!

They had a trust fund that ran out a few years ago so now they depend on donations. If you are in the area it's pretty amazing. You can donate to. There is a link in the video. click the little circle with the i in it. for more info about Google donations
He gave us many details and facts about them. I missed recording them. Many more than I list.
-Only about 35,000 Asian Elephants in the world.
-The freckles are a pigment change as they get older and each one has a hair follicle.
-Some Elephants lose their hair and some keep it.
-They actually have a lot of hair on them.
-At the tip of the trunk they have full control and they call it a finger. They can pick up a penny.
-They only breathe through their trunk not their mouth.
-The trunk has more muscles than the entire human body
-Elephants have 4 teeth/molars like a size 6 shoe that they grind up their food with.
-They go through 6 sets of 4 molars in their lifetime
-The tongue weighs about 30#
-Some of female Asian Elephants have small tusks but not large ones like the African Elephants.
-The Asian Elephants have gestation period of about 22 months
-In the wild they live about 40 years but in the refuge they live up to 60 years
-They perspire/sweat only out the cuticles around their toes.

Hugo, Oklahoma

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Hugo, Oklahoma

Hugo is a city and county seat of Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States. It is located in southeastern Oklahoma about north of the Texas state line. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 5,310.

The city was founded in 1901 and named for the French novelist Victor Hugo. The city serves as winter quarters for some circus performers. It is adjacent to one of the oldest schools west of the Mississippi: Goodland Academy, begun in 1848.

The town is located in a cultural area of the state known as Little Dixie, as it was settled by Native American tribes, African Americans and European Americans from the southeastern United States. It is near the tourist area of Kiamichi Country.

This was part of the Indian Territory to which the United States government relocated Native American tribes from east of the Mississippi River in the 1830s under its Indian Removal policy. Among the nations relocated here were the Choctaw, for whom the county is named. They were one of what were called the Five Civilized Tribes of the southeastern United States, as they had adopted numerous elements of European-American culture. When they relocated, they brought with them the numerous African-American slaves whom they held. As the Choctaw allied with the Confederate South during the American Civil War, the United States government insisted on a new peace treaty with them after its end. A condition was the Choctaws' emancipation of their slaves and granting to the freedmen of rights of full citizenship in the Choctaw nation, as the US was granting citizenship to former slaves of the South.

The St. Louis–San Francisco Railway (Frisco) built a line from Hope, Arkansas, to Ardmore, Oklahoma, in 1901. It crossed the north-south line Frisco had built in 1887 to connect Monett, Missouri, to Paris, Texas. The territorial town that sprung up at the crossing would soon be named Hugo. The...

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Episode 18 follows the #RoadTripOK team as they travel to Idabel and Hugo. See a cast of Oklahoma's state dinosaur at The Museum of the Red River, top off tamales with complimentary salsa and queso at El Pueblito Mexican Restaurant, and mingle with friendly Asian elephants at Endangered Ark Foundation! Remember to check in each Wednesday for a new episode featuring the state’s best attractions, tastiest restaurants, most standout festivals and passionate Oklahomans sharing their unique stories.

Okie Inventions and Lots of Other Great Things About Oklahoma

If you've lived in Oklahoma for a time, you most certainly have heard that the parking meter (Ca-ching!) and the shopping cart were invented here, so you know that there is a lot of Okie ingenuity going on. But our Dino Lalli likes to point out other features that make Oklahoma such a great place to live... and an outstanding place to visit.

Turn-Key Restaurant 601 S.W. C St. Antlers, OK

Price reduced! Free-standing 2,536 square foot former BBQ restaurant building for sale in prime location on SW C St/US-271 S, right across from the football field and near lodging and retailers. Expand your restaurant business locations, or bring a new concept to this location. Should you wish to continue the previous successful BBQ concept, the Seller has expressed willingness to share their great recipes! Situated on almost half an acre, there is abundant parking for patrons. As shown in the photos, with all furnishings and equipment, inclusive of a smoker, chest freezer, two commercial refrigerators, two ovens, a large microwave and much more and exclusive of the ice and soda machines, this desirable building is an excellent buy.

Hugo, Ok Black light dance2010

We worked hard on this. No hate comments please. Don't own music, Only dance.

Hugo may not see money from water-treatment settlement

Hugo was one of many towns affected by water-treatment problems that sparked a $1 million settlement, but the city manager says the town may never see any of the money that was promised to it. Subscribe to KOCO on YouTube now for more:

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160103 VIRGIL RECREATION AREA - HUGO, OKLAHOMA - WINTER FLOOD

Managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Virgil Recreation Area, located near Hugo, Oklahoma, was inundated by flood waters, following several days of historic levels of rainfall. USACE-Tulsa officials are working around-the-clock to reduce the risk of flood in the area and return recreation sites to their pre-flood condition. U.S. Army video by Thomas Mills, USACE, PAO.

To learn more about U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District, visit us online at facebook.com/usacetulsa

Hugo, Oklahoma 6-21-11

I was trying to find my whip on three and didn't get his head released...my fault.

Mount Olivet Showmen's Rest Cemetery

Discover the southeast Oklahoma town that’s home to circus royalty! Over the years, Hugo, Oklahoma has been the headquarters for over 20 circuses. But while the circus performers traveled all over the world, many of them eventually made Hugo their home. Showman’s Rest Cemetery is a lasting tribute to the giants of circuses past.

Roadside Roundup

Get your kicks on RT 66... or any other Oklahoma highway or byway where you can find roadside oddities. Listed below are those featured in our story, but there are many more out there, so hit the road!

Totem Pole Park
21300 Hwy 28A E
Foyil, OK 74031
918-342-9149

Blue Whale
2600 N Hwy 66
Catoosa, OK 74015
918-694-7390

Round Barn
107 E Hwy 66
Arcadia, OK 73007
405-396-0824

World's Largest Peanut
Durant City Hall
300 W. Evergreen St.
Durant, OK
580-924-7222

part 1-Behind the Rain: The Story of a Museum

Part 1 of 4: Produced by Sam Noble Museum director Michael A. Mares and Roberta Pacino, Behind the Rain tells the surprising and dramatic story behind the construction of The Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History.

Hugo Oklahoma

I had planned on making several films this day but the weather had other ideas so I did what i could and filmed somewhere no one has filmed before Hugo Oklahoma. I can see why no one has been here when the locals badger you for filming there streets.

A.H.M.A.D.D Live in Hugo, Oklahoma

A.H.M.A.D.D. gives an energetic and engaging performance to youth and their families in Hugo, Oklahoma.