Mount Vernon Bird Museum Features Extinct Bird Eggs
Published Mar 03, 2008
A bird egg museum?
One does exist in Mount Vernon at the Franklin County Historical Association’s Fire Station museum. The exhibit showcases more than 150 bird eggs that include one from the extinct Carolina parakeet, and one from the extinct passenger pigeon.
Prior to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918, collecting bird eggs was a popular hobby. Many of the eggs in the museum were collected in the late 1800s by a taxidermist in Ohio, and eventually found their way to a Texas collector named A.W. Nations.
Nations’ collection was piled in cardboard boxes in his garage, and it made its way into the fire station museum soon after his passing. There is also a century-old butterfly collection on display.
In addition, the museum has some memorabilia from former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Don Meredith, a Mount Vernon native.
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