Was the confusion due to a filing error, or is it possible that whale specimens made their way 300 miles inland to Dome City?

In the summer of 1877, our neighbor to the south, Cincinnati, was in the grip of “whale fever.” A Cincinnati insurance agent named Albert Ankey Stewart acquired three whales for display at the Lookout ...

Vermont is far from the ocean, but it’s famous for its whales. Northbound tourists and Interstate 89 commuters alike are regularly delighted by the sight of two whale tails sticking joyfully into the ...