Allen High School - People Yearbook (Allentown, PA)

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COVERLD BRIDGF Acuoss JORD-TN CRLHC Each winter the herd is put unto winter quarters Before it is let loose on the range in late spring each buffalo deer and elk must undergo an antiseptic dipping This makes him gust a little better off than a wild animal By General Trexlers will this remarkable private preserve becam the property of the City of Allentown in l935 Between I936 and 1939 a government progect set to work to beautify the spot Twelve miles of paved roads were built picmcking places were cleared fences were improved and sections needing reforesting were reforested The entire area of the park lies in the watersh d of the picturesque Jordan Creek The river the meadows the grassy slopes and shaded forests make the Game Preserve a place of unusual natural beauty ln the year l94O more than twenty thousand persons from all The Preserve has had many interesting and unexpected uses lts prrmary purpose is to bea public park Visitors are welcomed and provision as made for pucnucknng parties The quiet and naturalness of the area has attracted scores of rare and beautiful birds egrets herons kingtishers and eagles The place is rich in wild life Then again buftalo from the Trexler Lehigh Preserve have been sent to zoos and other preserves in this section of the country Buffalo meat is by no means the most tender or delicious for most people but there is still some demand for it and the Preserve fills that demand each year Restaurant chains in New York and New Jersey have used Lehigh County buftalo as a special delicacy for the menus The meat is really quite cheap ten cents a pound but you must take the whole buffalo when you buy it ln this way the managementof the Preserve has devised a profitable way of keeping down the numbers of the herd Along with the bequest of the game preserve came an annual endowment that has proved more than adequate to care for the prolect The Comus is happy to present in this, its third series of Allentown puctures, photo graphs taken from various places in the Game Preserve . . I I I . . . . l . , . . . Q , e I . I . . . u U . . . 3 . ' . I I I sections of the nation visited the preserve. lts reputation has spread far and wide. I I . I - . . . . . U I - . I I

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