Washington Gardens
Washington Gardens
Washington Gardens, is now the location for El Paso Zoo. On Jan 18, 1910, city council decided to accept a donation of five deer to be housed at Washington Park to start a zoological garden. A coyote was found on San Antonio Street on Oct. 11, 1910 and become a resident, the zoo continued to grow and on Nov. 23, 1956, Mona the elephant, arrived and was perhaps its most popular resident, until her death in October 2001 at the age of 52. http://www.elpasotimes.com/ci_23745698/washington-park-became-zoo-1910
Report this entry
More from the same community-collection
Prospect Street By The Museum
Photo by Dave Quintana circa 2015 shows improvements to Prospect ...
La Raza Unida National Convention, El Paso, Texas 1972
Partido Nacional de La Raza Unida (National United Peoples Party ...
La Raza Unida National Convention, El Paso, Texas 1972
Partido Nacional de La Raza Unida (National United Peoples Party ...
La Raza Unida National Convention, El Paso 1972
Partido Nacional de La Raza Unida (National United Peoples Party ...
Todos somos uno: Omar Villalobos at TEDxElPaso 2013
Omar Villalobos is about counterculture. He is a native of ...
Nah, nah, nah ... It's going to be cool: Jim Ward at TEDxElPaso
Jim Ward is a fifth-generation El Pasoan. He recorded and toured ...
The other side: Monica Lozano at TEDxElPaso
Monica Lozano is a Mexican American photographer born in El ...
2015 TEDx El Paso Speaker Line-Up (Part 1)
Photos and Bios of the first six speakers lined up for the 2015 ...
The bridge as public space: Carlos Gallinar at TEDxElPaso, Texas
Carlos Gallinar, AICP, CNU-A, serves as the planning director ...
2015 TEDx El Paso Speaker Line-up (Part 3)
The speakers who will close out the day on May 30th, 2015!