Interview 13445 – Caption Index: 11
Did it make an impression on you or was just a place you visited?… Read More
Did it make an impression on you or was just a place you visited?… Read More
When was your first exposure that you recollect to seeing a zoo and what zoo was it, if you remember?… Read More
The first zoo that I ever saw was the Columbus Zoo. And it was probably, in about 1950 that I did that. And family would take you there. Yes, it was about 60 miles away. So it wasn’t a regular weekend thing, but once or so, once or twice a… Read More
I’ve always had an interest in animals. In fact, I’ve had an interest in anything to do with nature, animals, plants, rocks, you name it. I’ve been interested in it. Yes, I had the usual dog, didn’t have any cats, my father didn’t like cats and we couldn’t have cats… Read More
Nothing better than get out into the woods and here and observe wildlife. So you enjoy wildlife as you’re growing up. Read More
How did you start to develop an interest in animals?… Read More
And when you had mentioned a couple of things, which we want to do a little more detail on when you’re growing up, were you interested in animals?… Read More
Were you bringing snakes home?… Read More
My birthdate was February 25th, 1941. Okay. Read More
And then we covered about 1500 square miles of mountainous, rugged territory in Western Pennsylvania. Well, now let me back you up just a bit. Read More
What was your birthdate?… Read More
I’m Don Farst, I was born in Wandsworth, Ohio, and grew up in Ohio except for a brief stint during World War II when I lived in West Virginia, when my father was down there building a defense project, but basically I’m a Ohio farm boy product. All of my… Read More
I think as a guy who cared about his profession, who understood it, who cared about the animals, both in the wild and outside the wild, and who tried as much as he could to make a difference when he was around to be able to do it. I think… Read More
Yes. Correct. Quite, quite the, yeah. Yeah, no, I was very happy. I was very happy to be part of a team that told that story and that would be a high point certainly of my career at Lincoln Park, was being able to do that. Yeah. So you retired… Read More
How would you like to be remembered?… Read More
Well, I think I’ll tell you two things. One is, what I know about my profession is that there are a lot of wonderful people. I have met some still friends today internationally, and that has been, it’s a very warm profession. There may be some bums or here or… Read More
How would I like to be remembered?… Read More
I loved all the archival things. The history of Lincoln Park itself was fascinating stuff. Read More
And I believe the zoo just celebrated its 150th?… Read More
It did. Read More