JUMBO THE ELEPHANT

Today is the anniversary of the birth of America’s greatest showman –  P.T. Barnum.  Here is the story of the greatest attraction in his circus.             On Feb. 3, 1882, the most famous elephant in the world was sold to American showman P.T. Barnum.  Two-year-old Jumbo was captured in the Read more…

JUMBO THE ELEPHANT

            On Feb. 3, 1882, the most famous elephant in the world was sold to American showman P.T. Barnum.  Two-year-old Jumbo was captured in the Sudan in 1862 after hunters killed his mother.  He ended up in a Paris zoo and then was traded to the London Zoo in 1865.  Read more…