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This article reports that Bil Gilbert has earned his third Penney-Missouri Magazine Award. Gilbert's most recent article appears in the same issue and profiles Jack Lynch and his work with buffalo wolves. Gilbert greatly admires Lynch, and this article offers an additional anecdote from Gilbert's…
Date: November 5, 1979

This article profiles Jack Lynch (65 years old) and his wife Mary (57 years old) and their work with wolves, of which they currently own 85. Most of them are buffalo wolves, of which Lynch has nurtured three generations over the past 27 years. The Lynches also have nine dogs, nine cats, eight goats,…
Date: June 27, 1988

An interview with Dr. Randall L. Eaton regarding his 1974 Pacific Search Press article "The Lonely Plight of the Lobo Wolves."
Date: November 25, 2013

This radio broadcast presents the Lobo Wolf Park - run by Jack and Marjorie Lynch - as an unusual and worthwhile tourist attraction in Pennsylvania. It relates the history of the lobo wolves and their disposition, and describes the Lynches' work with the wolves, of which there are currently 34…
Date: August 17-21, 1970

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This postcard depicts Dr. E. H. McCleery with one of his wolves. The photo was taken in 1926 and depicts Dr. McCleery's first wolf park, which was at his home property.
Date: 1926

This article reports on the deplorable conditions of "Lobo Land," run by Mr. and Mrs. Jack Lynch, who purportedly have seven subspecies of wolves at the park including the last of the plains wolf. Dr. Eaton reports that during his visit to Lobo Land on August 17, 1973 he was unattended and observed…
Date: February 1974

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I believe this picture depicts the first Achilles; Dr. McCleery was fond of the name, and also had wolves named Achilles Jr., Achilles III, and Achilles IV. Several early postcards exist depicting Dr. McCleery's original wolves, and I believe this is one of them. Dr. McCleery obtained Achilles in…
Date: Between 1921 and 1926

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This real photo postcard depicts three wolves at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park along Route 6. One of the wolves is standing on a makeshift den (an iron box). I am guessing that the photo was taken between 1929 and 1962, but probably in the 1930s or 1940s.
Date: Between 1929 and 1962, but probably in the 1930s or 1940s.

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This real photo postcard depicts two wolves at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park along Route 6. One of the wolves is lying on a makeshift den (an iron box). I am guessing that the photo was taken between 1929 and 1962, but probably in the 1930s or 1940s.
Date: Between 1929 and 1962, but probably in the 1930s or 1940s.

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This photo was included in the 1926 Hurri-Kane Yearbook, dating it between 1921 and 1926.

I am making a guess that this photograph was taken by A. A. Nicolas based on the style of the writing on the postcard version of this photograph.
Date: Between 1921 and 1926

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This photograph depicts a wolf lying down in the snow at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located in Kane, PA. This photo was included in the 1926 Hurri-Kane Yearbook, dating it between 1921 and 1926.
Date: Between 1921 and 1926

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This picture depicts Boreas, whom Dr. McCleery acquired in 1921. This photo was taken by the time the Hurri-Kane Yearbook was published in 1926, as it appears in the yearbook. I am making a guess that this photograph was taken by A. A. Nicolas based on the style.

The version of this photograph…
Date: Between 1921 and 1926

This yearbook's theme of the wolf was inspired by Dr. E. H. McCleery's local wolf pack in Kane, PA. The yearbook contains a writeup on page 10 about Dr. McCleery's wolf park which describes Dr. McCleery's notoriety, the setup of the park, and the wolves and their origin. It mentions that an…
Date: 1926

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The 1940 Census describes the McCleery household at 3 Park Avenue South in Kane, PA - a house which the family owns and where they have been living since at least April 1, 1935.

Edward H. McCleery, head of the household, is described as a white 72-year-old male who works as a physician at a…
Date: April 11, 1940

A memory submitted by Nancy A. Avolese regarding her childhood visit to the wolf park in 1962, her research of Dr. McCleery, and the publishing of her book, “The Wolf Man of Kane, Pennsylvania.”
Date: December 7, 2013

This article reports that Earl Coulter is erecting signs advertising the new McCleery Wolf Pack near Coatesville, PA. The signs will be put up in Eastern Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Western New Jersey. The article describes the signs - one of which depicts Little Red Riding Hood's encounter with the…
Date: May 3, 1930

This article profiles Jack Lynch, a man in his early 40s, and his work to ensure that the last of the "lobo" or "buffalo" wolves - Canis lupus nubilus - does not become extinct. Zoologists claim that Lynch's wolves are not a separate species, and that "lobo" is simply a colloquial Spanish term for…
Date: January 15, 1966

This humorous article describes Dr. E. H. McCleery's hobby of raising a pack of lobo wolves, the history of the wolf pack (Dr. McCleery first became interested in wolves on a big game hunt before 1900 with the late J. P. Morgan), the psychology of the wolves, the culling of the wolf pack (Dr.…
Date: February/March 1950

In this obituary, the Kane Republican reports on the death of Dr. E. H. McCleery at 5pm on May 23, 1962. The article describes his achievements - namely his profession as a physician and his success in preserving the last of the lobo wolves. It describes his education, profession, honors he has…
Date: May 24, 1962

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