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Monday, October 24, 2011
Pawnee Bill's White Buffalo
White Cloud the Albino Buffalo
http://www.history.com/videos/white-cloud-the-albino-buffalo
The History Channel(the real one) explains how the American buffalo played a vital role in Native American life and was a crucial factor in America's rapid westward expansion.
National Buffalo Museum--Jamestown, North Dakota
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National Buffalo Museum
The National Buffalo Museum and Prairie Winds Gift Shop is located in Jamestown, North Dakota, where the city has the distinction of being nicknamed, "The Buffalo City", so having the museum here is quite appropriate, as well as the museum growing their own herd of buffalo or bison. The herd and museum can be found at the Frontier Village, with outstanding exhibits that concentrate on the history of the bison on the plains and the culture that has risen with it. Their displays showcase Plains Indian artifacts, much artwork, 19th century of firearms used by bison hunters, a video about the history of the buffalo, a children's room that depicts the wildlife of the state and the remains of a prehistoric buffalo. The museum's gift shop has many marvelous items for sale that have a buffalo or bison theme, with the associated herd of 30 plus adding much more to the entire experience. Especially since the herd includes a rare truly white or albino buffalo named White Cloud, who has four baby buffalo, with Princess Winona and Dakota Thunder, as well as Dakota Miracle, another white buffalo born in 2007. The museum often hosts educational programs and community events, with many opportunities for the region's children coming from schools on a field trip; and the birthday bash for White Cloud, with many other exciting and interesting events that are very popular with the residents of the city and county. The museum is housed in a 6,000 square foot rustic looking log cabin, with an outstanding collection portraying the natural history and culture of the buffalo and Great Plains, that span from prehistoric times to the current day. Many local artists' works are shown here also, along with the many displays of artwork and relics, with many sculptures, paintings and other Native American art that is great for a gift or piece to talk about. The museum also has a buffalo viewing deck, antique gun room, history room, white buffalo room, main gallery video room and children's room, along with the gift shop. In 2002, the museum would acquire a magnificent cast from a giant buffalo skull, since the bison had occupied the region around here before the last ice age ended. The buffalo's horn span is seven feet, and has been radiocarbon dated to 47,500 years ago, and is the only buffalo skull ever found, thus far. This herd would be thrown into the limelight again in 2008, when Dakota Legend was born to a brown buffalo, to become the third white buffalo in the herd; while the American Indian still believes that these beautiful beasts are sacred and mean something of great importance to the tribes.
White buffalo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The White Buffalo
Tell me a momma's life is easy!!!! Would White Cloud be justified if she kicked Dakota Miracle square in the mouth. :)
The Strongest, Most Noble Person in the World. The Rock and Foundation of my Life.
Oct. 21, 2011
Banking on Burck; 80-year-old teller has no retirement plans
FARGO – Gertrude Burck turns 80 Friday and she has no plans to retire anytime soon.
“I’m taking it day by day. We’ll see what happens,” Burck said. “If the good Lord allows me to work longer, then I’ll work.”
Burck has been in the banking industry since 1949, except for about 10 years when she took some time off to stay home with her children.
She’s a part-time teller at State Bank & Trust on South University Drive in Fargo, where she has worked for the past 19 years.
“State Bank has been very good to me for taking a chance and hiring me at my age and allowing me to still continue working,” Burck said.
State Bank considers Burck to be an asset.
“It’s so special to have veteran employees on-staff who can not only share the history of how banking has evolved, but also teach the younger people life lessons,” said Brenda Messerschmidt, the bank’s branch manager. “We have 20-year-olds to Gert at this location, so for her to share information and stories is pretty remarkable.”
Burck has certainly seen a lot of changes in the industry and she has adapted to them.
“She is an inspiration,” Messerschmidt said. “In the banking world, it’s ever-changing. Not just with compliance and regulation, but with technology as well, and Gert takes it all in stride and she accepts every challenge that comes her way with a can-do attitude.
Burck continues to work for something to do and because she likes her customers and coworkers.
On a recent morning, she stopped by another teller’s window to chat with the customer waiting there.
They talked about their children and asked after each other’s families.
Since moving to Fargo 20 years ago, life hasn’t been easy for Burck.
She has dealt with a host of medical problems, including breast cancer, which required a mastectomy, a heart attack, replacing both knees, and most recently, a diabetes diagnoses.
But she hasn’t let her health concerns get her down.
“You just have to have faith and go with that,” Burck said. “It’s just another struggle through life.”
Burck, originally from Washburn, N.D., has lived all over when her husband, George, who was in the Navy, was stationed in different places.
Her husband was killed in a car accident 35 years ago when her oldest child was 21 and her youngest was seven.
“Life goes on, what can you do?” she said. “I was lucky I was working at the time.”
Burck never remarried.
“I was too busy raising my family,” she said.
She has three sons, one daughter, and seven grandchildren.
As for Friday, Burck said she has no big birthday plans.
Berlin Aquarium
Zoo-Aquarium in Berlin is Germany’s largest aquarium, but also one steeped in a rich tradition. Opened in 1913 it was destroyed in World War II and rebuilt step by step in the fifties. New modification measures in 1978–83 shifted the aquarium’s purpose from exhibition to breeding.
Vintage Berlin Aquarium
Cover from a Berlin Aquarium Guide Book 1870. Illustrations below from the same guide book.
I still contend Carl Hagenbeck is given to much credit for being "the first" to come up with the idea of naturalistic exhibits in 1907. I suggest he may have had "inspiration" from facilities such as the Berlin Aquarium.
One kingdom: our lives with animals : the human-animal bond in ... - Google Books Result
Corner of Schadowstraße in Berlin, site of the Berlin Aquarium from 1869 to 1910. Photo taken in 1885.
Vintage Berlin Tiergarten Aquarium
Plesiosaur on land. One of Heinrich Harder's murals for the Berlin Aquarium
Serpent Hall 1900
Dear All
Hope to see a few of you at the Bartlett Society AGM next Saturday (29th of October). My thanks to Gwyn Griffith for managing the Society's response to the continuing threats of development at the Dreamland site (Margate). The animal cages are in bad repair due the age and deterioration however their great age makes them unique certainly in a British context. If any of our friends on this circulation have any local knowledge of the site and Tesco's plans we would be delighted to hear from you. We have been approached by Mark Lambert who is performing an undergraduate degree at Nottingham relating to Colchester Zoo with the aim of ".. to determine the different ways in which the zoo has been laid out over the years, and the different techniques of animal captivity which it has employed" he is thus interested in material relating to ".. how decisions have been made regarding enclosure design, sign-age and so on".
The staff at Colchester are being very helpful - as they always are - however their records are limited as to the previous ownership. Update from Stephen McKeown at Chester Zoo "I’ve been in correspondence with the new Liverpool Museum re the two guides we have from the Liverpool Zoo and they are very keen to have them as part of their collection so we have agreed to donate them". It is good to see these valuable documents being returned to their city of origin. Stephen has taken the trouble to scan key pages prior to their return. A copy of these scans will be retained both at Chester Zoo and in our own society Archive mailbox. Please remember we are always grateful to receive any such scans. Thanks to everyone for such a great response to our Dartmoor appeal. The researcher is now being assisted by former keeper Jack Pressman and former owner Ellis B Daw.
Thanks also to the responses concerning Mickey the Liverpool Zoo chimpanzee. This has lead to a further question. Judging by the consistency of habits I suspect that Mickey was long lived and well travelled. However it is possible that several chimpanzees had this same name or that the name was re-used to disguise a death. How many chimpanzees called Mickey do people know of ? The last comment this month is an unusual one. Over the summer there have been several disappointing loses of items across the European postal system. The material we send is specialist so should be easy to identify. Has anyone experience of how encourage a physical search for such items. The on-line forms and phone number only achieve an apology and or offer of compensation whereas it is the item retrieval we wish. Regards, Paul M. on-line. The Bartlett Society. Email & Facebook < paul.d.murphy@btinternet.com
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