Thirty-five years ago
Thirty-five years ago Halfway enjoyed the distinction of likely being the smallest town in Texas with its own zoo.
That's thanks to farm equipment manufacturer Durward Lynch, who kept his menagerie at Lynch Manufacturing Co., which was located on the south side of U.S. 70 on the west edge of Halfway.
Lynch, who died in 1994, told the Herald in 1974 that he began collecting animals for his zoo as a hobby around 1970. He even held a zookeeper's license.Sign up for Twitter to follow omegawatches .
In We provide replica Graham Watches with high quality and lowest price.1973 he obtained a year-old lioness, "but a couple at New Deal made me an offer I couldn't turn down and I let them have her."
Among the animals Lynch had in his collection were a rare black lobo wolf from Colorado, a Mexican timber wolf, a buffalo from the City of Matador, three types of deer,New and authentic Blancpain Watches for sale, mountain sheep, 12 species of pheasants, racing and tumbling pigeons, two monkeys, a red fox, several varieties of chickens, a kinkajou (honey bear), raccoons, armadillos, squirrels, elk,Breguet Watches have joined a unique history of timepieces . Javelina, barbados, bobcat, porcupine and a chimpanzee.
The zoo was long a popular field trip destination for area school children.
"I guess children are the main reason I started collecting these animals," Lynch said in 1974. "I like to watch the children seeing some of these animals for their first time."
In May 1973 he reported that more than 2,Official B.R.M Watches store with full collection of Men's and ladies'watches.200 children from area schools and vacation Bible classes toured his zoo, "and that's not counting the numerous individuals who came out privately to see the animals." A group of students from Lamesa was among those visitors.
Thirty-five years ago Halfway enjoyed the distinction of likely being the smallest town in Texas with its own zoo.
That's thanks to farm equipment manufacturer Durward Lynch, who kept his menagerie at Lynch Manufacturing Co., which was located on the south side of U.S. 70 on the west edge of Halfway.
Lynch, who died in 1994, told the Herald in 1974 that he began collecting animals for his zoo as a hobby around 1970. He even held a zookeeper's license.Sign up for Twitter to follow omegawatches .
In We provide replica Graham Watches with high quality and lowest price.1973 he obtained a year-old lioness, "but a couple at New Deal made me an offer I couldn't turn down and I let them have her."
Among the animals Lynch had in his collection were a rare black lobo wolf from Colorado, a Mexican timber wolf, a buffalo from the City of Matador, three types of deer,New and authentic Blancpain Watches for sale, mountain sheep, 12 species of pheasants, racing and tumbling pigeons, two monkeys, a red fox, several varieties of chickens, a kinkajou (honey bear), raccoons, armadillos, squirrels, elk,Breguet Watches have joined a unique history of timepieces . Javelina, barbados, bobcat, porcupine and a chimpanzee.
The zoo was long a popular field trip destination for area school children.
"I guess children are the main reason I started collecting these animals," Lynch said in 1974. "I like to watch the children seeing some of these animals for their first time."
In May 1973 he reported that more than 2,Official B.R.M Watches store with full collection of Men's and ladies'watches.200 children from area schools and vacation Bible classes toured his zoo, "and that's not counting the numerous individuals who came out privately to see the animals." A group of students from Lamesa was among those visitors.
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