Echo Lake at Des Moines Zoological Gardens

ID: 52 ~ Source: Souvenir of Des Moines: Des Moines: Facts and Figures concerning... Des Moines: Mail and Times, 1891. ~ Digital source: Internet Archive
This file appears in: Des Moines Zoological Gardens
Echo Lake at Des Moines Zoological Gardens

Red toned illustration of people in canoes on Echo Lake at Des Moines Zoological Gardens.

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This file appears in: Des Moines Zoological Gardens

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It all began when L.M. Mann bought 100 acres of land and created a destination. He opened the Des Moines Zoological Gardens on July 4, 1889. The park included an elephant, lions, panthers, kangaroos, monkeys, elk, numerous birds, and other animals.…