make cincinnati weird » memorials http://www.makecincinnatiweird.com a town with quirks has got its perks! Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:37:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 R.I.P. Martha, Beloved Pigeon, 1885-1914http://www.makecincinnatiweird.com/2005/02/23/rip-martha-beloved-pigeon-1885-1914/ http://www.makecincinnatiweird.com/2005/02/23/rip-martha-beloved-pigeon-1885-1914/#comments Thu, 24 Feb 2005 02:28:07 +0000 The Editor http://www.makecincinnatiweird.com/2005/02/23/rip-martha-beloved-pigeon-1885-1914/ roadsideamerica.com“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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