What happens when an Indiana bear, a Harlem goat, a large crowd of people, and a Wild West cowboy with a silver-plated revolver all come together at a beer garden on the beach? Yes, the following story is from my file called “You Can’t Make This Stuff Up.” On January 8, 1886, two Harlem men […]
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1886: Uno and Billy, the Wyoming Bear and Harlem Goat That Wreaked Havoc at the Oak Point Pleasure Grounds in the Bronx
Posted: 26th November 2017 by The Hatching Cat in Animal Attractions, Goats of New YorkTags: Benjamin M. Whitlock, Bronx, Gabriel Leggett, Jim Pilkerton, New York History, Oak Point, Oak Point Pleasure Grounds, Whitlock's Folly, William Henry Leggett
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