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THE RECORD AS IT STANDS · NOVEMBER 2026
What this section could not settle is named, with the source that settles each item:
TESTED NEGATIVE — a zoo on this ground (rows 1–14, Granger halves). Searched: the restored banked fragments whole (“zoo” only inside Zook/ZoomInfo); the parks/trustee record (every park parcel carried, no animal course); Chapman and Howard as read for this build; the AZA list, November 2026; the directory and press record as reached. Each founding mechanism was tested separately; each is negative. Settlers for any contrary claim: Harris and Clay trustee minute and account books; the Tribune and News-Times full text (St. Joseph County Public Library; Hoosier State Chronicles).
GAP-ZOO-1 — Potawatomi fire and escape record beyond the file reached.Settler: the Tribune archive at full-text strength.
GAP-ZOO-2 — The PHM field-trip roll by school and year. The zoo's course, entrance and 2026 rates are documented; no PHM publication reached names Granger schools' trips by year, and the zoo publishes no attendance by school. Settlers: PHM newsletters and board record; the zoo's group-admissions record.
GAP-ZOO-3 — Leeper Park's closing (1912 vs 1914) and the Cat House year (1936 vs 1940). Both conflicts print whole above, as South Bend's file leaves them; South Bend's whole to settle. Settlers: park board minutes and annual reports; the Tribune of 1912–1914 and 1936–1940.
Sources:
- The searches and sources of the preceding articles, as cited in each; this article consolidates their open items without adding new claims.