I've always heard it referred to as the Big Pines Zoo and recently learned that it was actually the Big Pines Animal Park.
Another urban legend I hear from time to time relates to the animals escaping from the cages during a large snow storm and just walking out. This just isn't true.
There's lots of unanswered questions about the Big Pines Animal Park that our Forum readers can help with. The 3 old photos that damtam1 furnished included one of the best examples of the Big Pines Animal Park to date. We know there's more out there somewhere and would love the opportunity to scan them for historical purposes.
Please look through those old boxes of photos and albums and see if you have any pictures, letters, brochures, maps, etc. of the old Big Pines Animal Park. In fact anything related to the history of Wrightwood is of interest.
Here's a few photos taken this week of the Animal Park remains at Big Pines:
