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This article reports that Jack and Marjorie Lynch, the young and enthusiastic new owners of the wolf park, plan to keep the wolves at their present location and will continue using the "McCleery Wolf Farm" name. They believe the wolves would have done well as an attraction back in Wisconsin, and…
Date: February 20, 1962

This article reports on the great honor of Governor David Lawrence's message commending community efforts for industry and tourism involving Dr. E. H. McCleery's wolves. The McCleery wolf pack was not initially intended to become a tourist attraction, but Dr. McCleery began charging admission to…
Date: February 20, 1962

An introduction to the special edition of the Kane Republican which honors Dr. E. H. McCleery's work with wolves. Dr. McCleery's wolf pack became famous, attracted many notable people to the area, and boosted the reputation of Kane, PA. The article provides information about wolves, Dr. McCleery's…
Date: February 20, 1962

This article reports that Dr. E. H. McCleery has sold his wolf pack to Jack and Marjorie Lynch. The Lynches became interested in the wolves a little over a year ago through magazines and first visited the park during a 1960 Thanksgiving vacation trip. Dr. McCleery chose them over many other…
Date: February 5, 1962

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This photograph depicts Jack Lynch sitting on a metal "den" in a pen with two wolves at Jack Lynch's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA.
Date: February 1962

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This photograph depicts Jack Lynch sitting on a metal "den" in a pen with two wolves at Jack Lynch's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA.
Date: February 1962

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This photograph depicts Marjorie and Jack Lynch at Jack Lynch's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. A sign reading "Alaskan Timber Wolf" hangs on the fence of the pen behind them, and Jack Lynch is looking into the pen. Two wolves are visible.

Text on the back of…
Date: February 1962

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This photograph depicts Marjorie and Jack Lynch sitting on the railing at Jack Lynch's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. A sign with the number four hangs on the fence of the pen behind them.

Text on the back of this photograph attributes it to the Kane Republican…
Date: February 1962

Letter from Rose V. Carroll, Dr. E. H. McCleery's secretary, to John L. Cliff, editor of the Kane Republican. Carroll primarily describes the national recognition the wolves have received, various sources in which stories about the wolves have appeared, and Dr. McCleery's invitation to the unveiling…
Date: January 12, 1962

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This leaflet by Jack and Marjorie Lynch is a slightly edited version of the one Dr. E. H. McCleery distributed to visitors at the wolf park. It describes lobo wolves in general, their history, physical characteristics, and behavior, and provides some anecdotes. "From Lynch" is hand written in the…
Date: Between 1962 and 1972

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This photograph depicts a woman (presumably Marjorie Lynch) riding a sled pulled by a team of six sled dogs. The back of the photo is labeled "Dog Sled."
Date: Probably 1962

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This photograph depicts Jack and Marjorie Lynch's male Malamute dog named Kim in a house, looking out a window.
Date: Probably 1962

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This photograph depicts Jack Lynch and Marjorie Lynch with their male Malamute dog named Kim.
Date: Probably 1962

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The McCleery family plot includes the graves of Edward H. McCleery, M.D. (1867-1962) and two of his children - Mary Jane McCleery (1915-1922) and John McCleery (listed on the gravestone as Baby McCleery) (1918).
Date: 1918, 1922, and 1962

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 92 years old, Dr. McCleery is greatly concerned with the future of his wolves, but will…
Date: Autumn 1960

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

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This photograph depicts six wolf pups at the entrance to a stone den at the Lobo Wolf Park.

This photograph was taken between 1921 (when Dr. McCleery obtained his first wolf) and 1972 (when Jack Lynch moved the wolf park to Gardiner, WA).
Date: Between 1921 and 1972

Letter from Dr. E. H. McCleery to John L. Cliff, editor of the Kane Republican newspaper, in which Dr. McCleery requests that Cliff hold off on publishing a recently-drafted article about the sale of his wolves until such a sale is certain, and offers to pay for the involved expense. Dr. McCleery…
Date: July 20, 1959

Letter from Oliver F. W. Cromwell VIII, a real estate broker in Yonkers, NY, to Dr. E. H. McCleery. Cromwell offers to act as a negotiator between Dr. McCleery and a potential buyer, and mentions last hearing from Dr. McCleery in 1956 at which time Dr. McCleery was not ready to sell his lobo wolves.…
Date: June 30, 1959

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