 This happened a year or so before we joined the Cole Show and was still a topic of conversation. "Pitt" was imported by the John Robinson Circus in 1900 and was quite small so I would estimate her age to be 46 or 47 at the time of death. The information on the plaque was probably supplied by someone in the Press Department. The most common question I have received over the years is, "How long do elephants live?" and upon receiving an honest answer, the inquiring party was always disappointed. Consequently, after seeing this picture and continuing to this very day, I always reply "102" and the conversation ends happily.  |
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
"Petite"
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What is the locatiom of this marker?
Gordon Taylor
The Fairgrounds infield at Dillon, Montana.
wasnt old Pitt originally buried in an old cistern?
i read where they had to cut the legs off the carcass to get it in .
I never heard that.
Having died in a Fairgrounds infield in Montana, I shouldn't think it would be that complicated.
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