Make Cincinnati Weird!

“There were once billions of passenger pigeons in the United States. The last one was named Martha. She was born and raised — and died — at the Cincinnati Zoo.

“The Passenger Pigeon Memorial , a National Historic Landmark, is in a quiet corner of the Cincinnati Zoo. It displays a bronze of Martha, as well as the body of the last wild passenger pigeon ever seen — which was shot by a boy in Sargents, Ohio.”

Sight Of The Week for the week of Feb. 21-27, 2005!

More about Martha and Martha’s Memorial Hut at Roadside America.

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