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An Apollonaut travel guide
Moments in a longer story.
Selected milestones in the history of the Audubon Zoo.
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Exposition, park and zoo
These dates describe the place you can learn about here. They are not a company timeline for Apollonaut.
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1884
World Cotton Centennial
Animals are shown on the site during the exposition.
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1914
The zoo opens
The Audubon Zoo dates its opening to this year.
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1916
A flight cage
A large flight cage for birds is added.
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1928
Sea lion pool
A sea lion pool is built.
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1930s
Monkey Hill
Works Progress Administration projects add animal houses and Monkey Hill.
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1975
A new zoo
Voters approve funding to rebuild the zoo, which grows from 14 to 50 acres.
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1987
White alligators
Eighteen white hatchlings are found in an alligator nest.
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2005
Hurricane Katrina
Staff shelter in the reptile house; the zoo reopens that November.
Follow the stories behind the dates
A timeline is a beginning. The longer history introduces the people and places; the sources below provide further context.
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Sources & further reading
Links lead to the original publishers.
