Stephenson, Lynda Rutledge. You may also want to read about the Great New England storm of 1938 here. This is original content based on research by The History Guy. Growing fame. quite the fun adventure! Published September 20, 2017 at 11:17 PM EDT. Charley Smith would update Benchley via telegram during the twelve-day trek. This is about 30 miles from Canada. If youd like to read about another familys ordeal stranded on a high floor in their house, click here. San Diego Zoo. Check out our new community for fans and supporters! They are inside a large wooden crate on the back of the truck which is in a building. In 1938, the San Diego Zoo acquired two giraffes from east Africa. It destroyed cemeteries, slammed boats into shore, uprooted entire orchards and smashed structures into splinters. No images or content are primarily intended to shock and disgust. Charles A. Smith, head keeper at the zoo, was putting in that time devising ways and means of getting them into crates and on to a San Diego city truck for the last lap home. 1938, near the Cape Verde Islands. In 1938, the merchant steamer SS Robin Goodfellow was caught in the Great New England Hurricane. Traveling shows displayed them as early as 1837; however, they were difficult to capture and transport, making them expensive to procure. Sherr, Lynn. But getting Mr. . Location: Urban Jungle. But when she was angry she made Mount Vesuvius seem considerably less dangerous. A giraffe's heart is 2 feet (0.6 meters) long and weighs about 25 pounds (11 kilograms), and its lungs can hold 12 gallons (55 liters) of air! Animal Quarantine Station in Athenia, New Jersey, for a federally mandated fifteen-day quarantine. If you'd like to read more about the 1938 hurricane, click here. Eighty-mile-an-hour winds lashed the coast and the torrential downpour caused rivers and streams to overflow. My mom was 16 and lived in New Bedford on Acusnet ave.(not sure of the spelling) with her mom and dad. Is there any talk of turning this into a movie? Erosion from the Great 1938 hurricane. The events of the twelve-day cross-country drive are difficult to decipher outside of what Smith revealed to journalists and The Boss Lady. He did not keep a journal, so Lynda Rutledge takes creative license to fill in the blanks for us. President Franklin Roosevelt ordered theCivilian Conservation Corpsand theWorks Progress Administrationto clean up the mess. The storm hit Long Island and Southern . The Great New England Hurricane of 1938 - Damage Photos Weather.gov > New York, NY > The Great New England Hurricane of 1938 - Damage Photos Current Hazards Current Conditions Radar Forecasts Rivers and Lakes Climate and Past Weather Local Programs The Great New England Hurricane of 1938 82nd Anniversary - September 21, 1938 After 12 days, before it could reach the Bahamas, it turned northward, skimming the East. Giraffe to leave his crate was another matter. .fun to weave the book with your stellar research! Hitler is threatening Europe, and world-weary Americans long for wonder. Official Guide Book of the San Diego Zoo. Subscribe for more forgotten history: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4sEmXUuWIFlxRIFBRV6VXQ?sub_confirmation=1. In normal conditions this would be a rough trip, especially for temperature-sensitive giraffes, which were placed in crates and forced to endure whatever the high seas threw at them. She used a set [], [] known as Apple Valley. Apple growing reached its peak in Smithfield during the 1930s, but the Great Hurricane of 1938 wiped out many trees. 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All the kids screaming,its the end of the world.. 5th grade business fair ideas. . The 1938 New England Hurricane made landfall near Bellport on Long Island, New York, and again near Milford and New Haven, Connecticut. She smelled of fur . They were to be the zoos first giraffes, and the city was excited about the impending arrivals. .wp-block-image figcaption {text-align: center; font-size: 75%}, As the country teeters between a depression and Europes looming war, a pair of giraffes, survivors of a hurricane at sea, left a wake of much-needed cheer while driven cross-country to the San Diego Zoo, where lady zoo director Mrs. Belle Benchley awaited.. Based on true events, this adventurous historical novel is the story of 17 year old Woody, the giraffes known as "Boy" and "Girl", the "Old Man" and a host of other characters met on their travels. Boston: Little, Brown and Co. Croke, Vicki. All events are portrayed in historical context and for educational purposes. She also had a vocabulary that she kept in reserve that the [former] circus men could understand. The keepers came to call her Boss. She let them know that she admired their work, and responded to her with both respect and affection. There were many reasons giraffes were hard to come by for Americas first zoos. and sweet foreign farm dung. For a farm boy who grew up listening to his father prattle on that animals were nothing more than food, this experience was life-changing. The director of the zoo tells Old Man, Any friend of Mrs. Benchley is welcome here.. Even up there the damage was great. To see newsreel footage of the Great 1938 Hurricane, click here. It's 1938. He tried alfalfa and molasses. They survived, although the female was injured. With Woody behind the wheel, true to the actual events, the giraffe truck stopped regularly at auto camps under appropriate trees with the top of the crates open to let Boy and Girl reach up and browse. The book was wonderful and reading this was the icing on the cake! font-weight: 600; https://thehistoryguyguild.locals.com/This is original content based on research by The History Guy. My Dad lived through this storm in Westport Mass. Use the links below to plan your visit to the Society's Archives. The blowdowns posed a dilemma: What to do with enough woody debris to nearly fill Rhode Island? Americas First Zoostory: 125 Years at the Philadelphia Zoo. Yesterday at 12:30 Eddie drove the truck through the gates at San Diego zoological gardens and all hands followed it to the mesa where the citys big crane was waiting and the camels were wondering what the heck. My Life in a Man-Made Jungle. : https://thehistoryguyguild.locals.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheHistoryGuyYT/Please send suggestions for future episodes: Suggestions@TheHistoryGuy.net. The hurricane wiped away entire communities, altered the shoreline of Long Island, washed away bridges, severed train service between New York and Boston and between cities in Connecticut and Rhode Island. After examination and treatment, Schroeder deemed the giraffe worth saving and cleared her to make the trip. There were many reasons giraffes were hard to come by for America's first zoos. Advice from the sidelines urged him to try ham and eggs. The drama is a bit formulaic, as is the dialogue, and sometimes it's a bit sentimental, but it works, so who cares. As very few images of the actual event are available in the Public Domain, images of similar objects and events are used for illustration. West With Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge. Three improbable protagonists take it upon themselves to transport two giraffes, that survived a 1938 hurricane at the end of their trans-Atlantic crossing, in a trans-continental adventure from New York to San Diego. As the giraffes were rolling out of sight, Woody runs as fast as he can through the flooded streets, passing dozens of reporters, and eventually steals a motorcycle to keep up with the truck bound for the quarantine facility. Benchley also once caught a rattlesnake by grabbing it by the back of the head. Benchley recalled, I have never seen anyone so tired and relieved as Charley Smith when he drove the great awkward truck through the zoo gate, half an hour after phoning me from a suburb. This was on his retirement day. Apparently they subsisted on pancakes that the cook made for them for three days until they got to shore. Lofty and Patches lived at the San Diego Zoo for nearly 30 years and had seven offspring, including Raffy, D-Day (born June 6, 1946), Rusty, Patty and Lofty Jr. From The San Diego Union, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 1938: alive and kickingaccent on kicking--the two much-heralded animals that blazed a publicity trail across the continent were unloaded in San Diego zoo yesterday. Begin or dive deeper into researching your family tree, Learn about the spaces, places, & unique story of your community, The largest North American Heritage collection after the Library of Congress. That is when he locks eyes with the giraffes (Boy and Girl). It destroyed cemeteries, slammed boats into shore, uprooted entire orchards and smashed structures into splinters. 'jetpack-lazy-images-js-enabled' Volume 1: The Founding Era, 19161953. . Orphaned during the Dust Bowl, he found his way to New York to work for a distant cousin. 2015. It's also a coming of age story that demonstrates the positive influence caring friends and gentle animals can have on a young man's life. Little did anyone now that in September 1938, during the final few days of their trip, these animals bound for San Diego would encounter what was then the most devastating hurricane to hit the upper East Coast, killing nearly 700 people. Around 60 people died on Long Island - 29 of them at or near Westhampton Beach. The Great 1938 Hurricane inflicted tremendous damage on shipping. 670 views, 48 likes, 3 loves, 2 comments, 12 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from The History Guy: In 1938, the merchant steamer SS Robin Goodfellow was caught in the Great New England Hurricane. I want to confirm my idea that Woody was the father of little Augie, who was the one who received his foot locker after his death with the porcelain gifaffe. Subscribe for more forgotten history: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4sEmXUuWIFlxRIFBRV6VXQ?sub_confirmation=1. In the novel, Woody is able to stop chasing the truck as, after much begging and pleading, he is offered the driving job by Old Man after a falling out with Earl. But the author does a magnificent job. After three days of being fed pancakes (and the giraffes are indeed fed pancakes at one point in the novel), she mustered up the energy to pull herself up. Connect to database. The storm hit seven days after I was born in Northampton, Mass. I did some research too and found a website that gave me an idea of what the two crates looked like. I too felt the love for the giraffes and all animals really. could that giraffe have been a descendant of Lofty and Patches? Woodrow Wilson Nickel, aka Woody Nickel, almost 18, happens to be on a New York dock in 1938 when the hurricane-battered SS Robin Goodfellow limps into the harbor. I can see this made into a movie one day. } 1947. Genome Reveals Clues to Giraffes' "Blatantly Strange" Body Shape. I remember hearing my dad talk about this and how it affected the trees. Wonderful to see the photos and learn the history! Hurricane Sweeps Coast. New York Times (September 22, 1938): 1, 1618. . The 1938 hurricane was the worst natural disaster in American history a gale that wreaked more death and havoc than either the great Chicago fire or the San Francisco earthquake. */ It's harder to imagine hauling two of them across the United States during the Dust Bowl. .pf-button-img { How do you mess up a story about two giraffes, an orphaned boy, a hurricane, and a cross country trip? As a book junkie, when I receive new book alerts I almost always peruse the titles. Those Giraffes, caught in a storm that killed hundreds of people, were en route to San Diego, California, and the storm was only the beginning of their cross-country journey. What follows is a twelve-day road trip in a custom truck to become Southern California's first giraffes. If youd like to read about a wild ride one family took during the storm, click. Kraft, Joy W. 2010. Giraffe. Lion Country . Explore Jim Widmer's photographs of the Friday fish fry dinner tradition in Wisconsin. Perhaps you will fall in love with those giraffes and enjoy the adventures of Old Man and Woody as much as I did. That isn't much compared to what Hurricane Harvey did to Houston last month, dumping up to 50 inches of rain, but our hills and narrow valleys channel the water, producing much . Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin. It is history that deserves your help! She indeed fills our imagination with a journey full of colorful characters, tall tales, and deep secrets. .pf-button.pf-button-excerpt { Ive fibbed a bit over the years and told people I was born during the great 1938 hurricane, the hospital lights were out, and the doctor slapped the wrong end, which was the beginning of all my troubles. View this selection of cartoons by William Donahey. .printfriendly { The three older kids were in school and my mom had to get them out to go home. . Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window), Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window), Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window), Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window), his wish for giraffes at the National Zoo, https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/3298.html, https://library.sandiegozoo.org/sdzg-history-timeline/#1930, http://timeline.sandiegozoo100.org/1930/1930-3/, https://www.sandiegozoo100.org/100-animals/lofty-and-patches, https://www.sandiegozoowildlifealliance.org/timeline/1938/1938/, https://issuu.com/sdzglobal/docs/march_zn.
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