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Cleanup[edit]

I just cleaned things up a very little bit. I included a reference section, neatened up the exhibits an the one external link. Until someone can get more information from some source (the zoo's website has very little), this article may not be able to be taken much further. LonelyBeacon (talk) 03:14, 13 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Some more cleanup. Removed a lot of the Junior Zookeeper section (not really all that important to the world) and found current information instead. As Loneybeacon says, the zoo web site, though improved (I found both an old and new version of the site) is still not all that helpful. However, I don't see how this now rates "attention=yes" in WPZOO, and it is more than a stub, so I am reassessing. More citations are needed to take this any farther. Also pictures that we can actually display, so I am adding the "reqphoto" template. There is a link to photos, but they seem to be copyrighted so we can not display them here even if we can link to them. Donlammers (talk) 23:57, 15 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Unknown Farmer[edit]

Hello, I'm not sure if anyone will read this, but I'm trying to find out more about who the farmer was. The page states "The zoo was started when a circus lion cub ended up on a farmer's farm around 1900, and was eventually given to the city of Bloomington." However, it doesn't mention the name of the farmer or anything about them. According to family legend, the land was owned by my ancestor, Samuel Miller (FamilySearch), with the park being named in his honor. However, I'm unable to confirm that. I don't want to add it to FamilySearch in case it isn't accurate. If someone could point me in the right direction for where that information on the Wikipedia page came from, I'd be most appreciative. Thank you. I'd like to note, this isn't really a 'discussion' insomuch as it is a place for me to keep track of information that I got from Wikipedia edit history, interviews, etc. I want to have this place because I'd also like to record on the page itself who the famer was. 69.174.173.120 (talk) 03:45, 23 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I'm back again. The part about the unknown farmer was added by "DJ Jay08" on December 27, 2008. According to his user page, he works (as of 2008) at the "local zoo," so presumably Miller Park. However, he does not link his sources, or they have expired. 69.174.173.120 (talk) 04:00, 23 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]