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This article describes how Dr. E. H. McCleery became interested in wolves, beginning with an account of Theodore Roosevelt's speech to the Princeton Gun Club (of which McCleery was president) which inspired him to travel to the Yukon where he encountered his first wild wolf. Since then, the United…
Date: March 1958

This article describes how Dr. E. H. McCleery became interested in wolves and how he began his wolf pack. The article mentions Dr. McCleery's wolf-feeding practices and his highly successful taming program. At almost 90 years old, Dr. McCleery is greatly concerned with the future of his wolves, but…
Date: October 1960

This article reports that Jack and Margie Lynch care for more than 100 wolves on a 40-acre preserve on Washington's Olympic Peninsula. They keep lobo wolves and six other subspecies, and their goals are to save the lobo wolf from extinction, research the wolves, and educate the public about them.…
Date: August 21, 1975

This excerpt covers the section of the book called "The Wolf." It contains two photos - one credited to "E. H. McCleery" and captioned "Wolves, seldom seen now, once ranged over many parts of North America." The other is credited to "Leonard K. Beyer" and is captioned "A captive wolf." Presumably,…
Date: 1986

Many companies offered their appreciation for and well-wishes to Dr. E. H. McCleery and Jack Lynch in this special edition of the Kane Republican. This advertisement by K. G. Keenen, Distributor of Gulf Products, commends Dr. McCleery for saving the lobo wolves from extinction, acknowledges the pack…
Date: February 20, 1962

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This photograph depicts two girls - Margaret Jones (left) and possibly Ruth Jones (right) - sitting by the fence at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located within the town limits of Kane, PA. Also visible in the distance are a wolf in a pen, a birdhouse on one of the fence posts, and a hen between…
Date: Between 1921 and 1924

This photo is of Jack Lynch sitting on a steel den in a pen with two wolves. It is accompanied by a caption regarding his getting acquainted with the wolves.

An excerpt from the caption is quoted below.
Date: February 20, 1962

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One of Dr. McCleery's original wolves.
Death Date: Was still alive in 1929 to be transferred to the new park1(p.15)

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This book chapter is a preliminary chapter for the Ostrom family scrapbook compiled by Judy Slack for her book titled "George N. Ostrom: Pioneer, Preservationist, Painter. 1888-1982." (the final published version of this chapter is much shorter).

This chapter describes George N. Ostrom's work as…
Date: 2013

This is an alumni catalog for the Jefferson Medical College. It provides a brief description of each graduate's current work and location as of 1917.

Dr. Edward H. McCleery of the class of 1891, currently a physician in Kane, PA, is listed on page 148. His brief biography is quoted below as it is…
Date: 1917

This article describes the possibility of creating a preserve for Jack Lynch's lobo wolves in their natural habitat, in part due to Lynch's inability to continue funding the wolves. The proposed house bill (1916) - an idea of Rep. Jerry Hughes, a proponent of the wolves - would appropriate $50,000…
Date: March 2, 1980

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This photograph depicts two wolves (presumably offspring of the famous outlaw wolf named "The Custer Wolf") in a pen at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA (although little of this pen is visible, another photo which is clearly from the Route 6 location…
Date: Between 1929 and 1949

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This photograph depicts two wolves (presumably offspring of the famous outlaw wolf named "The Custer Wolf") at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. The cropped version of this photograph is an AZO undivided postcard. The caption on the front of the card…
Date: Between 1929 and 1932

Many companies offered their appreciation for and well-wishes to Dr. E. H. McCleery and Jack Lynch in this special edition of the Kane Republican. This advertisement by the Kane Dairy Cooperative Association honors Dr. McCleery for ensuring the future of the lobo wolves and extends good wishes to…
Date: February 20, 1962

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This is a silent Fox Movietone News reel which depicts Dr. McCleery standing in front of the wolf park entrance and then walking in the fenced-in runway between the wolf pens as the wolves fight through the wire of the pens. Visitors to the wolf park can be seen outside of the pens.

This film is…
Date: Early 1930s

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This photograph depicts four women - from left to right: Ruth Jones, Margaret Jones, and two unidentified women - standing in the snow by the fence at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located within the town limits of Kane, PA. This photograph is included in the photo album of Margaret R.…
Date: Between 1921 and 1924

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This photograph depicts five men (from left to right: Loot Farnsworth, Jim Farnsworth, Alf Farnsworth, and Cliff Moyer) and a dog with a dead mountain lion from Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. The mountain lion escaped from the park in February 1946…
Date: February 14, 1946

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This photograph depicts six unidentified people - four girls and two boys - outside of what appears to be the old Kane, PA high school on Chestnut Street. This photo is not necessarily relevant to Dr. McCleery's wolf park, but was scanned alongside other images. This photograph is included in the…
Date: Probably the early 1920s

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This photograph depicts five women standing by the fence at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located within the town limits of Kane, PA. The second woman from the left is Margaret Jones, wife of Robert B. Jones. The rest of the women are unidentified. This photograph is included in the photo album of…
Date: Probably between 1921 and 1925

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This photograph depicts five wolves at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located within the town limits of Kane, PA. One of the wolves is lying on a tall structure in the distance. This photograph is included in the photo album of Margaret R. Jones.

The photo album of Margaret R. Jones includes two…
Date: Between 1921 and 1924