Alligator Sighted in Rock Creek; NZP Catches
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PrintA zoo watchman reports sighting an alligator in Rock Creek on July 14. "The Head Keeper, with several assistants, turned out promptly and after a rather lively chase through the water an alligator about 3 feet long was captured and transferred to the tank where others of his kind are kept."
Chronology of Smithsonian History
"Local Notes," 7/18/1916, p. 3
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
July, 1916
Rock Creek Park (Washington, D.C.)