Extra Credit Questions

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Kudos, Laurie. Yes, it was a hippo who was destined for the Cincinnati Zoo. It may have been the largest hippo ever brought to the USA up to that time.

I credit my wife for this question. She is reading a book that mentions the President Lincoln. She came to me and asked if I knew Germany named one of its ships after Abraham Lincoln. I didn't know this, and I googled it and came upon this page:

http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~cacunithi...ncoln.html

What a story! And I noticed that the chief cook was named "Richter." Take a look, Wild Bill. I was hoping that he was one who had supplied further history.