History of the Olney Albino Grey Squirrel
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N 38° 44.139 W 088° 05.641
16S E 404914 N 4288010
In a large and beautiful park, on the north side of this southern Illinois county seat.
Waymark Code: WM8C59
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 03/10/2010
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Marker Text:
OLNEY ALBINO SQUIRREL
100 YEAR CELEBRATION
1902 - 2002
HISTORY OF THE OLNEY ALBINO GRAY SQUIRRELThere were two people who discovered the Olney Albino Gray Squirrel at about the same time, but in different places. William Yates Stroup caught Albinos near his farmhouse four miles southeast of Olney. George W. Ridgeley captured Albinos on his farm six miles southeast of Sumner, IL. In 1902, both brought their squirrels to Olney and they were displayed in the window of Jasper Banks Saloon on Main Street. Later they were brought to a woods near Douglas and Silver Streets, and so populates the City of Olney.
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