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The Slaying of Old Bet
Media Type |
audio
Categories Via RSS |
History
Places & Travel
Society & Culture
Publication Date |
Apr 01, 2021
Episode Duration |
00:12:17

In Episode 189, Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger visit a memorial off the side of the road in Alfred, Maine, that marks the site where America’s first elephant was gunned down in cold blood back in 1816. The elephant named Old Bet had toured throughout New England for eight years before a jealous farmer named Daniel Davis gunned her down as she approached the town of Alfred. Old Bet was part of one of America’s earliest circuses, and if not for the tiny memorial along Route 4, her legend may be lost forever.

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