Wisconsin History Day By Day

Related Web Sites:

Read More About It

"The Passenger Pigeon" by Susan Dudley Morrison

"Passenger Pigeon" by Graham Coleman

"Once there was a Passenger Pigeon" by Esther and Bernard Gordon

Vocabulary:

monument

dedicated

plaque

extinct

species

avarice

Interesting Fact:

Only 28 years before the last Wisconsin passenger pigeon was shot, it was recorded that there were 136 million passenger pigeons nesting together in Central Wisconsin.

Study Questions:

Why did the passenger pigeon become extinct?

Who is Aldo Leopold?

What Wisconsin animals are currently on the endangered species list?

U.S. historical events that occurred on May 11:

1910: Glacier National Park is established.

1943: American troops begin a battle with the Japanese on the Aleutian island of Attu.

May 11

May 11, 1947: A monument was dedicated to the passenger pigeon at Wyalusing State Park. Aldo Leopold read the plaque - "Dedicated to the last Wisconsin passenger pigeon, shot at Babcock, September 1899. This species became extinct through the avarice and thoughtlessness of man."

Wisconsin History Day By Day homepage January - December calendar page

May 11, 1947: A monument was dedicated to the passenger pigeon at Wyalusing State Park. Aldo Leopold read the plaque - "Dedicated to the last Wisconsin passenger pigeon, shot at Babcock, September 1899. This species became extinct through the avarice and thoughtlessness of man."