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🐘 South Carolina Was Home to the First-Ever Zoo Elephant in America

In 1796, a ship from India arrived in Charleston Harbor carrying what would become the first elephant ever seen in the United States. It was exhibited around Charleston for years before eventually touring the East Coast. This makes Charleston, SC, the birthplace of American exotic animal exhibitions—decades before the first official zoo opened.