When it opened in 1927 as the Rio Grande Zoo, it only featured a pair of mountain lions, a pair of black bears, a porcupine, a snake, a bobcat, coyotes, wolves, and a monkey named “Friday.” ...

Claude Jarman Jr., the child actor who captured hearts in the 1946 classic The Yearling and later shared the screen with John Wayne in the 1950 western Rio Grande, has passed away.