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Ghost wings: 100 years ago the last passenger pigeon died - Pittsburgh Post Gazette

Today marks a sad 100-year anniversary, a postscript to a slaughter in the natural world unparalleled in the nation's history. On Sept. 1, 1914, a bird named Martha (after Martha Washington) died in the Cincinnati Zoo at age 29. Martha was a passenger ...

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