tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8897242.post7657607357865584964..comments2023-10-30T06:50:17.036-04:00Comments on Buckles Blog: Benson's Wild Animal Farm #3Buckleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06114738213931098664noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8897242.post-18837575467118422502014-06-02T16:09:04.351-04:002014-06-02T16:09:04.351-04:00Roy Bible.....there's a voice from the past.Roy Bible.....there's a voice from the past.Buckleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06114738213931098664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8897242.post-62947990468975499892014-06-02T15:57:47.858-04:002014-06-02T15:57:47.858-04:00According to an article in the Evansville Press, K...According to an article in the Evansville Press, Kay the elephant died during a trip to Holland, Michigan, where Roy Bible was going to use her in a circus. This contradicts the statements made on this blog that she was euthanized. http://phw01.newsbank.com/cache/arhb/fullsize/pl_006022014_1553_45623_974.pdfErin Gibsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09476033672133596803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8897242.post-13286671139428701022013-06-28T11:15:20.335-04:002013-06-28T11:15:20.335-04:00I am researching Kay the elephant and am trying to...I am researching Kay the elephant and am trying to track down where, when, and how she died once she left Mesker Park Zoo. @Willieboy1969 or @OleWhitey, if you are still following up on these posts, would you please contact me? My email address is emgibson@usi.edu.Erin Gibsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09476033672133596803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8897242.post-20504734653181154212010-02-28T19:39:12.171-05:002010-02-28T19:39:12.171-05:00@ Willieboy1969
Robert McGraw was my great grandf...@ Willieboy1969<br /><br />Robert McGraw was my great grandfather. If you are reading this, I would be very interested in any information you may have.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02515351560712642914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8897242.post-42762942787900350462008-03-22T13:05:00.000-04:002008-03-22T13:05:00.000-04:00Roger "Bob" McGraw was the Mesker Zoo Director at ...Roger "Bob" McGraw was the Mesker Zoo Director at the time and had worked there for nearly 25 years. He was mopping Kay, the elephant's, cage when he got crushed by her on Jan 25, 1954. He died 6 days later at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville. I have numerous articles about Kay since I am currently involved with genealogy research and Bob was my grandpa's brother.Willieboy1969https://www.blogger.com/profile/13722803358522701595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8897242.post-75162690371541497502007-07-06T17:01:00.000-04:002007-07-06T17:01:00.000-04:00Buckles: Don Marcks had some information on this ...Buckles: Don Marcks had some information on this incident in his files. <BR/><BR/>The zoo is or at least was called the Mesker Zoo. It was in 1954 that Kay killed the director, whose name was McGraw and whom Don believed to be an old Barnes elephant man. <BR/><BR/>Don thought possibly "Bob Stevens" (he didn't say which one but I'm guessing Little Bob) might have first bought her for $500 and then sold her to Roy Bible who later had to put Kay down as she could not be worked, using the exhaust from a truck to do the job.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8897242.post-82450831999662350242007-07-06T08:39:00.000-04:002007-07-06T08:39:00.000-04:00Frank Thompson, former Director at Mesker Park in ...Frank Thompson, former Director at Mesker Park in the 1960s, might be able to fill in some information. Hope he follows the blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com