From Washington Park to Bluemound Road: The Wild Journey of Milwaukee’s First Zoo
🌳 It All Began in 1892… Back in 1891, the city purchased 125 acres of land on Milwaukee’s west side, then called West Park. A year later, local philanthropists Colonel Gustave Pabst and General Louis Auer donated a small herd of deer, marking the start of Milwaukee’s first zoo. West Park was no ordinary space […]
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