This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Lou’s Getting To Be a Big Boy At Bever Park
Lou the African lion, brought to Cedar Rapids as a three month old cub, has grown to about 100 pounds in six months. He was greeted by 5-year-old Chris Bender and is kept in Bever park’s brick building by the greenhouse, on view Sundays 1 to 5 p.m. He will move to the former Leon cage when warmer weather arrives.
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Lou
Bever Park
Cedar Rapids
Chris Bender
Robert E. Bender
Fortieth Street
Leo Prather
Fifth Avenue
Leon