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This book describes the author's experiences visiting the lobo wolves as a child and how their presence in her town affected her life. The author mentions that Dr. McCleery was initially a wolf bounty hunter, and also mentions that she called Jack Lynch to learn about the wolves' current status and…

Date: 2008

This chronological review of 1932 events in Kane includes a blurb recounting a January 21, 1932 article about an operation performed on Dr. McCleery's left hand by Dr. Evan O'Neill Kane following a wolf bite. Partial text of the article (everything relevant to Dr. McCleery) is quoted below.

Date: January 2, 1933

This article describes scenic routes in Pennsylvania between Pittsburgh and Warren. Route 6 is part of the route suggested for return, and Dr. McCleery's wolf park - where the only lobo wolves in the country can be seen "for a small admission charge" - is mentioned as a possible stop.

Date: September 12, 1931

According to Lou and Pat Beckwith Widmer, this wooden sign hung on the pen of Dr. McCleery's wolf named Clancey.

Date: Probably between 1929 and 1962

This photograph depicts Claude Mollander Jr. holding his dead pet dog. The dog was killed in February 1946 by a mountain lion which escaped from Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. This photograph is included in the scrapbook of Earl C. Jones.

Date: February 1946

This photograph depicts Claude Mollander Jr. holding his dead pet dog. The dog was killed in February 1946 by a mountain lion which escaped from Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. This photograph is included in the scrapbook of Earl C. Jones.

Date: February 1946

This article reports that the Colorado Division of Wildlife has denied Ed Andrews, the president of the Wolf Country Foundation in Boulder, CO, a permit to bring 200 of Alaska's 12,000 wolves to Colorado to spare them from a planned hunt. A Colorado wildlife officer stated that anyone (except a zoo)…

Date: December 7, 1979

This article reports that Mr. and Mrs. Jack Lynch run a 40-acre wolf preserve on Washington's Olympic Peninsula where lobo wolves are kept in 40-by-80-foot pens in the woods. The history of the lobo wolf and the park are described, as is the move to Washington, during which 20 wolves were flown to…

Date: June 24, 1972

This photograph depicts a coyote at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. I believe (but am not certain) that Dr. McCleery acquired coyotes after 1940.

This photograph was probably taken between 1940 (around when I believe Dr. McCleery acquired coyotes)…

Date: Probably between 1940 and 1972

This photograph depicts a coyote standing on a large rock in a pen at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. Two other photos that Aneta Johnson donated have the date 1952 written on the back, so I assume this photo was taken the same year.

Date: 1952

This photograph depicts a coyote in a pen at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA.

Date: 1947

This photograph depicts Dr. McCleery with at least three wolves, one of which is on its hind legs giving him a kiss. Another man can be seen in the background over Dr. McCleery's shoulder. This photo was taken at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located within the town limits of Kane, PA. This is an…

Date: Between 1921 and 1929

This photograph depicts 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 and killed Claude Mollander Jr.'s dog. The mountain lion was subsequently shot by Sergeant Charles E. Stacy.

Date: February 14, 1946

This decennial catalog of the Lawrenceville School (John C. Green Foundation, Lawrenceville, NJ) lists Edward Heber McCleery from Milton, PA as having been a student enrolled at the school in the 1883-1884 academic year.

Date: 1893 or 1894

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 Office of the Warren National Bank considers it a privilege to pay tribute to Dr. McCleery - an accomplished physician and…

Date: February 20, 1962

This article reports that Jack Lynch is opposed to plans for development near his wolf park (which is referred to as the "Pacific Wolf Preserve") because sewage and water lines would mean higher tax levies which Lynch cannot afford. He has tried to get fellow landowners to oppose the plans.…

Date: December 7, 1978

One of Dr. McCleery's original wolves.

Birth Date: Early 1921

This directory of Princeton College lists E. H. McCleery from Milton, Northumberland County, PA as an ex-member of the class of 1888 (a former student, but not a graduate). The abbreviation "M" for Medicine is listed next to his name. "E" for Engineering is an available abbreviation listed in the…

Date: 1896

This sign used to hang on the wolf pens at Dr. McCleery's wolf park.

This photograph depicts 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 and killed Claude Mollander Jr.'s dog. The mountain lion was subsequently shot by Sergeant Charles E.…

Date: February 18, 1946