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1899 & 1904: Snowbird, Pearly Dew, and the Draft Riots Heroine: A Thanksgiving Tale of Old New York

Posted: 25th November 2021 by The Hatching Cat in Animal Stories
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When I first set out to write a new animal tale of Old New York this week, I didn’t expect to be telling the story of a Draft Riots heroine.

I originally wanted to tell a story that took place in history during the week of Thanksgiving. After discovering the following story of Elizabeth Gallagher, I thought I had found a short but sweet–and sorrowful–tale of a lonely woman and her animal companions.

But what started out as a sorrowful animal tale turned into a short history lesson and wonderful story of the true meaning of Thanksgiving. Enjoy.

Free Virtual Presentation: The FURst Responders of Gotham

Posted: 6th October 2021 by The Hatching Cat in Animal Stories, Virtual Events
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Join me on October 20, 2021, at 6 p.m. (ET). as I explore the city’s police and fire history while sharing some amazing stories of Old New York’s four-legged bravest and finest. This will be the debut for my FURst Responders of Gotham presentation, which is a prelude to my (possibly) upcoming book of the same title. Registration is required for this free virtual event.

1933: Herbert Hoover and Andy Mellon, The Pet Pigs of Camp Thomas Paine

Posted: 4th January 2021 by The Hatching Cat in Animal Stories, Pigs and Hogs
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This story is more than a simple tale about two pet pigs who lived among the 125 men at Camp Thomas Paine in New York City. It is a story about a fascinating commune of war veterans who thought out of the box to survive in 52 makeshift shacks along the Hudson River from 1932 to 1934. And it is, in part, a commentary on a sad and shameful period in our country’s history,

1926: The Cat and Rabbits That Were Mailed to the Brooklyn General Post Office

Posted: 5th December 2020 by The Hatching Cat in Animal Stories, Cat Stories
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In December 1926, a live cat was shipped from Morrisville, NY, to the Brooklyn General Post Office via the New York, Ontario, and Western Railway. Four wild rabbits also arrived at the post office on the same day, albeit, they were not as fortunate as the cat.

1902: The Great Bronx Zoological Park Panther Hunt

Posted: 18th November 2020 by The Hatching Cat in Animal Stories, Cat Stories
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On July 28, 1902, The New York Times reported that a seven-month-old, 45-pound, grey-brown panther had gnawed his way out of a large pine shipping box near the park’s Puma and Lynx House. It was the first time the captive cat–which had just been shipped via a Ward Line steamship from Mr. Charles Sheldon of the Mexican Zoological Society in Chihuahua to Director William Temple Hornaday of the New York Zoological Society–had ever experienced a taste of freedom.

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