Bridgeport, Connecticut -
Barnum's Baby Elephant

On display at the Barnum Museum can be seen the mounted hide of the famous baby elephant "Bridgeport." On February 2,1882 at the winter quarters of the Barnum, Bailey, and Hutchison Circus in Bridgeport, the elephant Queen -- one of of Barnum's 22 elephants -- had only the second recorded elephant birth in America. It was a famous event -- over 60 scientists from around the world came to witness it. P.T Barnum arrived by sleigh 20 minutes after the birth to see for himself the baby elephant reportly no bigger then a Newfoundland dog. Bridgeport died April 12,1886, at the very spot he was born. Like Jumbo, Barnum had Bridgeport's hide mounted, where it can be viewed today at the museum. [Kenton Cornish, 08/01/2004]

[RA: Another one for the Elephant Burial Ground.]