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Other / Unknown · New York · 1849

NY-1849ID case-89561f5e63Fallback locationAdded to map Nov 8, 2026
Creature
Other / Unknown
When
Mar 1849to the month
Where
New Yorkfallback location
Reports
2 documents1 independent

The account

Witness reports that Col. Fremont's party captured an animal resembling a horse but covered in curly wool with no mane and a tail like an elephant's.

Trace the source trail → every document, in time order, and how they connect

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Details

Creature
Other / Unknown
Where
New York, United States
mapped to town level · from the newspaper's printing town, not where it was seen
Fallback location (drawn hollow on the map): this is the newspaper's printing town, not where it was seen.
When
Mar 1849
Account
Not first-hand (retold or reported by someone else)
Backed by
1 independent source (2 documents; copies and reprints are not confirmations)
Added to map
Nov 8, 2026
Case id
case-89561f5e63

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Source trail (2)

Down the rabbit hole → 2 documents, and how they connect

Every link goes to where we found the account. The earliest we found is marked; it is the earliest found, not necessarily the original.

  1. Image 2 of New-York daily tribune (New-York [N.Y.]), March 23, 1849
    Newspaper · 1849-03-23
    Earliest found, not necessarily the original.
  2. Image 2 of The Cecil Whig (Elkton, Md.), March 31, 1849
    Newspaper · 1849-03-31

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