DALLAS ZOO

The Dallas Zoo dates from the spring of 1888 when a man from Colorado City offered to sell two deer and two mountain lions to the City of Dallas. The animals were purchased by the City for $60 and placed in pens in City Park. City Park was the first city-owned and operated park, obtained from J. J. Eakins on November 7, 1876. Mr. Eakins offered to sell the acreage he owned around the City Pest House for $600. Dr. C. E. Keller, an officer and stockholder in a Dallas streetcar line offered to pay $200 of the price, making the City's cost to obtain the land only $400.


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650 S R L Thornton Frwy Dallas, TX 75203 (469) 554-7500

Dallas Zoo is the oldest zoo in Texas (actually, the Dallas Zoo was the aboriginal zoo in the Southwest United States). Dallas Zoo has developed to be one of the a lot of absorbing zoos in the Lone Star State. The Dallas Zoo is amid at 650 S RL Thornton Freeway in Dallas. The Dallas Zoo is accessible from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily.

The Dallas Zoo dates from the spring of 1888 when a man from Colorado City offered to sell two deer and two mountain lions to the City of Dallas. The animals were purchased by the City for $60 and placed in pens in City Park. City Park was the first city-owned and operated park, obtained from J. J. Eakins on November 7, 1876. Mr. Eakins offered to sell the acreage he owned around the City Pest House for $600. Dr. C. E. Keller, an officer and stockholder in a Dallas streetcar line offered to pay $200 of the price, making the City’s cost to obtain the land only $400.

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Mon-Sun 9 am - 5 pm

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