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
Grand opening 2016 renovation, Downtown Plaza De Los Lagartos
Vanessa Diaz and Noemi Valdez visited the newly renovated ...
Catholic Priest Mural - El Paso, Texas
This mural, found on 805 S. El Paso St. depicts a priest that ...
Downtown El Paso Plaza Hotel - 2016
View of the El Paso Plaza Hotel as seen from the new San Jacinto ...