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Memories of the Zoo (Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo in 1965) posted Jun 25, 2022 This story originally aired: Apr. 29, 2021 by Daniel Beals on YouTube.
Website: https://kidszoo.org/, Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fwkidszoo, Twitter: https://twitter.com/fwkidszoo, YouTube videos kidszootube.
- Opened 10 a.m. on July 3, 1965,
on 5 1/2 acres in Franke Park. Over 6,000 people came on the first day to see the 18 animal exhibits.
Copied from July 3, 1965: Fort Wayne Children's Zoo opens Corey McMaken Apr 25, 2019 in the History Journal archives of the Journal Gazette newspaper. On this day in Indiana History, 1965, the Ft. Wayne Children's Zoo opened on 5 1/2 acres in Franke Park. Over 6,000 people came on the first day to see the 18 animal exhibits.
Posted by Indiana Historical Bureau on Thursday, July 3, 2014Thursday, July 3, 2014 post by Indiana Historical Bureau on Facebook:
On this day in Indiana History, 1965, the Ft. Wayne Children's Zoo opened on 5 1/2 acres in Franke Park. Over 6,000 people came on the first day to see the 18 animal exhibits.
- 50th anniversary July 1, 2015 Twitter, YouTube 50th Birthday videos, Zoo celebrates 50th birthday in The Journal Gazette newspaper archived in the Internet Archive Wayback Machine.
Franke Park Zoo before it was the Children's Zoo Wild Life "Circus Wagon".
Posted by Indiana News 1 on Wednesday, May 3, 2017Wednesday, May 3, 2017 post by the original Great Memories and History of Fort Wayne, Indiana page on Facebook:
Franke Park Zoo before it was the Children's Zoo Wild Life "Circus Wagon".
- Adventure Awaits at the Fort Wayne Children's Zoo by Visit Fort Wayne.
Your Story Made Here | A Place for Memories posted Sep 28, 2012 by Northeast Indiana Regional Partnership on YouTube.
November 16, 2012 post by the Fort Wayne Children's Zoo on Facebook:
Remember all those fish you fed at the zoo last summer? This wild bald eagle has been enjoying fish dinners from our pond all week - an awesome sight!
For Throwback Thursday we share this from the Hofer and Davis Scrapbook. This from The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette on...
Posted by Hofer and Davis,Inc. LAND SURVEYORS on Thursday, June 11, 2015Thursday, June 11, 2015 post by Hofer and Davis,Inc. LAND SURVEYORS on Facebook:
For Throwback Thursday we share this from the Hofer and Davis Scrapbook. This from The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette on November 24, 1971. Who is The Fort Wayne Children's Zoo gonna call when they need to acquire land for The African Veldt? Come On Man, Hofer and Davis, that's who!!!!!
Just in time for Fort Wayne Children's Zoo opening day, City Traffic Operations today installed new zoo themed traffic lights. https://bit.ly/2HCUbGE
Posted by City of Fort Wayne Government on Friday, April 20, 2018Friday, April 20, 2018 post by the City of Fort Wayne Government on Facebook:
Just in time for Fort Wayne Children's Zoo opening day, City Traffic Operations today installed new zoo themed traffic lights.