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1916 Princess Alice escape recalled as Liberty Park zoo moved to Emigration Canyon
5837637 · September 26, 2025
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A presenter for Utah Libraries and History recounted that Liberty Park housed a small zoo beginning in 1911 and that a 32-year-old Asian elephant named Princess Alice escaped in 1916, an episode the presenter said prompted relocation of the zoo to the mouth of Emigration Canyon.
Presenter, a speaker at a Utah Libraries and History event, recounted that Salt Lake City’s Liberty Park hosted a small zoo beginning in 1911 and that in 1916 the zoo purchased a 32-year-old Asian elephant named Princess Alice, who escaped and made it as far as Parleys Canyon before being returned…
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