Lane Park

In 1822 William Pullen, a Revolutionary War veteran, acquired this land from the Federal Government for farming.

In 1889 his heirs sold the land to the City of Birmingham for use as the New Southside Cemetery which operated from 1889 to 1909 with 4,767 burials.

[3] The land was also used for the Allen Gray Fish Hatchery (fed by Pullen Springs), a stone quarry, a complete baseball diamond, and a golf driving range.

Two hundred acres are now the home of the Birmingham Zoo (est.

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