Beardsley Park and Zoo Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo:  the First Eighty Years, Established 1922, by DeMattia, Robin F.  Virginia Beach, VA:  The Donning Co. Publishers, 2002. Dolly Curtis Interviews:  Dr. Howard Hochman, Veternarian for  Beardsley Zoo, Bridgeport, CT, 2000 , .  Easton, CT:  Curtis/Cromwell Productions, 2000 Dolly Curtis Interviews:  Greg ...

Greeting visitors to Beardsley Park is a statue of the man who donated the land to the city of Bridgeport, James Walker Beardsley. Legend has it that Beardsley decided to give the land to the city after seeing an irate farmer tell children to leave a ...