Cleveland Metroparks Zoo The Origin Story Jeptha Homer Wade August 11, 1811 – August 9, 1890

[Note for people who like to figure out these things but have a difficult time with math: He died two days before his 79th birthday.]

By Engraving by J. C. Buttre, after photo by Mathew Brady

This image is available from the United States Library of Congress 1874 Cleveland Historic Maps peoplemaps.esri.com/cleveland/ From “Adam Smith’s Pictorial History of Cleveland’s Public Zoo and Brookside Park – from the Beginning to the 1970s” [unpublished] The Ohio Burgee . . . Ohio’s state flag

From “Adam Smith’s Pictorial History of Cleveland’s Public Zoo and Brookside Park – from the Beginning to the 1970s” [unpublished] From “Adam Smith’s Pictorial History of Cleveland’s Public Zoo and Brookside Park – from the Beginning to the 1970s” [unpublished]

Carp pond Picnic Grounds Elk Pen Alligator (from Monumental Park) Ostrich Pen Birds Wild Cats Raccoons Wolves Bears Eagle Badger Dove Cote Monkey House Deer Barn (also used as Tool House)

1898 Cleveland Historic Maps peoplemaps.esri.com/cleveland/

1898 Cleveland Historic Maps peoplemaps.esri.com/cleveland/ Photo of Brookside Park from the 1890's http://resourcelibrary.clemetzoo.com/photos/1142 Construction of Brookside Park - 1898 http://resourcelibrary.clemetzoo.com/photos/1145 Selected the new site for the zoo, which had to move from Wade Park.

Provided the rousing endorsement that, although Brookside Park was not the ideal site for a zoo, it was better than any other location available at the time Zoo’s Main Building 1907 – Construction begins 1909 – Open 1912 - Postcard Depicting Seals and Sea Lions at "Wade Park Zoo" http://resourcelibrary.clemetzoo.com/photos/1155 1934 - Zoo Expansion http://resourcelibrary.clemetzoo.com/photos/1170 1930's - Brookside Park Construction http://resourcelibrary.clemetzoo.com/photos/1166 1935 - School Visit with Bear http://resourcelibrary.clemetzoo.com/photos/1192 1940's - Frieda the Asian Elephant with Family http://resourcelibrary.clemetzoo.com/photos/1227 1948 - Kids Feeding Tiger Cubs http://resourcelibrary.clemetzoo.com/photos/1276 1950 - Birds of the World Building - Schreckengost Sculptures http://resourcelibrary.clemetzoo.com/photos/1359

1950 - Birds of the World Building Interior Exhibit http://resourcelibrary.clemetzoo.com/photos/1373 1955 - African "Safari" Captured Elephants http://resourcelibrary.clemetzoo.com/photos/1559

1955 - Safari - Captured Giraffe http://resourcelibrary.clemetzoo.com/photos/1560 1958 - Traveling Zoo http://resourcelibrary.clemetzoo.com/photos/1592 1960's - Lion and Tiger Exhibits aerial view (3) http://resourcelibrary.clemetzoo.com/photos/1649

1969 - Cleveland Zoological Park Sign http://resourcelibrary.clemetzoo.com/photos/1320