12: ELEPHANT BRIDGE: Wonder, Cruelty, and the First Elephants in America

<p><i>Episode Source Material: </i></p><p><i>(Research for this episode turned up a lot of inconsistent dates and references to elephants by different names, ages, heights, weights, etc.--there doesn’t seem to be a consensus on where the Crowninshield elephant ended up or if Old Bet was the first or second elephant in America. I did my best to reference only the most apparently legitimate sources in my storytelling, but recognize that opinions differ on some details.)</i></p><ul><li><a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/1373413?seq=2#metadata_info_tab_contents">The First Living Elephant in America</a></li><li><a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/memorial-to-betty-the-learned-elephant">Memorial to Betty the Learned Elephant – Glocester, Rhode Island</a></li><li><a href="https://www.wshu.org/post/path-revisited-elephant-man#stream/0">Off The Path Revisited: The Elephant Man</a></li><li><a href="http://smallstatebighistory.com/an-elephant-is-murdered-in-chepachet-in-1826/">An Elephant is Murdered in Chepachet in 1826 - Online Review of Rhode Island History</a></li><li><a href="https://www.chepachet.com/betty.htm">Betty The Learned Elephant</a></li><li><a href="https://smithapplebyhouse.org/elephant-shot-in-chepachet-1826/">Elephant Shot In Chepachet – 1826</a></li><li><a href="https://blackstoneheritagecorridor.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/ChepachetWalkingTour3_2020-1.pdf">Walking Tour Chepachet, RI</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080315072915/http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/ah/1974/3/1974_3_102.shtml">American Heritage | Setting the Record Straight on Old Bet</a></li><li><a href="https://www.naturalhistorymag.com/editors_pick/1928_05-06_pick.html">The Crowninshield Elephant</a></li><li><a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/1373413?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents">The First Living Elephant in America</a></li><li><a href="https://www.nps.gov/sama/learn/historyculture/upload/Vol1No5PachydermsTale.pdf">A PACHYDERM'S TALE</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/