Municipal Zoological Garden -- Dallas TX
N 32° 44.434 W 096° 48.883
14S E 704755 N 3624639
The Dallas Zoo, one of the great amenities of the city, impressive in 1940 and 2017.
Waymark Code: WMTVZT
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/12/2017
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The WPA writers must have enjoyed their time in Dallas in the 1930s. They wrote 20 pages on the city in the WPA guide, and added maps, photos, and sketches of the major points of interest, many of which are still enriching the lives of folks in Dallas in the present day (2017).
The waymark coordinates are for the admission gate to the Dallas Zoo.
From Texas: A Guide to the Lone Star State:
"The MUNICIPAL ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN (open daylight hours, free), along both sides of the creek, is the park's chief attraction. It contains about 700 animals, birds and reptiles, and is one of the ten largest municipal zoos in the country. The Dallas Municipal Zoo really began in 1904 with 27 Texas animals and snakes acquired from the State Fair of Texas. In 1920 Frank (Bring-Em-Back-Alive) Buck, who spent his youth in the city, under contract with the Dallas, Park Board brought back from Asia and the East Indies a collection of animals, birds and reptiles to give Dallas a solid basis for a first-class zoological garden. The collection has grown each year with additions obtained through purchases, gifts, or exchange of young animals, and birds with other zoos."
Book: Texas
Page Number(s) of Excerpt: 240
Year Originally Published: 1940
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