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=== Cleveland fundraising effort and purchase === Balto and his team continued on tour throughout much of 1926 under the ownership of Sam Houston in both his circus and theatre circuits.<ref name="Oxnard19260618p 1">{{Cite news |date=June 18, 1926 |title=Saved Striken Nome |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/oxnard-press-courier-saved-striken-nome/153476332/ |access-date=August 19, 2024 |newspaper=The Oxnard Daily Courier |location=Oxnard, California |page=1 |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=August 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240819045542/https://www.newspapers.com/article/oxnard-press-courier-saved-striken-nome/153476332/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="SimiVa19260715p1">{{Cite news |date=July 15, 1926 |title=Special Attraction at Apricot Show |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/simi-valley-star-special-attraction-at-a/153476752/ |access-date=August 19, 2024 |newspaper=The Moonpark Enterprise |location=Simi Valley, California |page=1 |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=August 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240819050229/https://www.newspapers.com/article/simi-valley-star-special-attraction-at-a/153476752/ |url-status=live }}</ref> By February 1927, stories emerged of Balto and six teammates living in the back room of a "for men only"<ref name="Austin19270227p5">{{Cite news |date=February 27, 1927 |title=Heroic Dog Imprisoned: Husky Who Stopped Epidemic Shut Up |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-austin-american-heroic-dog-imprisone/150657690/ |access-date=July 20, 2024 |newspaper=The Austin American |location=Austin, Texas |page=5 |agency=Universal Leased Wire |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=July 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240728045703/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-austin-american-heroic-dog-imprisone/150657690/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[dime museum]] in Los Angeles,<ref name="Oaklan19270227p 21">{{Cite news |last=Wooldridge |first=Jack |date=February 27, 1927 |title=Movieland: A hero has fallen. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/oakland-tribune-movieland-a-hero-has-fa/150361156/ |access-date=July 20, 2024 |newspaper=Oakland Tribune |location=Oakland, California |page=21 |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=July 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240728045703/https://www.newspapers.com/article/oakland-tribune-movieland-a-hero-has-fa/150361156/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="SanFra19270220p16">{{Cite news |date=February 20, 1927 |title=Nome Dog Hero Is In 10-Cent Sideshow |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-examiner-nome-dog-hero/150361865/ |access-date=July 20, 2024 |newspaper=The San Francisco Examiner |location=San Francisco, California |page=16 |agency=International News Service |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=July 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240728045703/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-examiner-nome-dog-hero/150361865/ |url-status=live }}</ref> also described as a [[freak show]].<ref name="PlainD20150118p31">{{Cite news |last=DeMarco |first=Laura |date=January 18, 2015 |title=How Cleveland saved a hero |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-plain-dealer-how-cleveland-saved-a-h/150163038/ |access-date=July 20, 2024 |newspaper=The Plain Dealer |location=Cleveland, Ohio |pages=C1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-plain-dealer-how-cleveland-saved-a-h/150163077/ C6] |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=July 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240728045703/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-plain-dealer-how-cleveland-saved-a-h/150163038/ |url-status=live }}</ref> After leaving the vaudeville circuit, Balto and his team briefly resided at a farm,{{r|LosAng19270301p322}} only to be taken back to the city after misbehaving and entering a chicken coop.{{r|Oaklan19270227p 21}} Balto and his teammates were displayed chained to a sled,{{r|PlainD20150118p31}}<ref name="PlainD19850201p76">{{Cite news |last=Carman |first=Diane |date=February 1, 1985 |title=Balto: The Forgotten Hero |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-plain-dealer-balto-the-forgotten-he/150167953/ |access-date=July 20, 2024 |newspaper=The Plain Dealer |location=Cleveland, Ohio |pages=20–[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-plain-dealer-balto-the-forgotten-he/150167998/ 21], [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-plain-dealer-balto-the-forgotten-he/150168028/ 24] |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=July 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240728045704/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-plain-dealer-balto-the-forgotten-he/150167953/ |url-status=live }}</ref> with their only exercise consisting of brief trips in the museum's back alley.{{r|Austin19270227p5}} They were malnourished, with their ribs showing.<ref name="PlainD19940107p1">{{Cite news |last=Drexler |first=Michael |date=January 7, 1994 |title=Hey, Spielberg, your heroic dog's right here |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-plain-dealer-hey-spielberg-your-he/150165555/ |access-date=July 20, 2024 |newspaper=The Plain Dealer |location=Cleveland, Ohio |pages=1A, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-plain-dealer-hey-spielberg-your-he/150165580/ 8A] |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=July 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240728045705/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-plain-dealer-hey-spielberg-your-he/150165555/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Jack Wooldridge of the ''[[Oakland Tribune]]'' wrote about the mistreatment, "[t]here probably was never a more dejected, sorrowful looking lot of malamutes than these as they now appear. Balto will never see the snow again. He's simply an exhibit in a museum."{{r|Oaklan19270227p 21}} [[File:Balto_Saved_Nome_Fund_appeal.jpg|alt=A newspaper advertisement, with the following text: "SAVE BALTO—BALTO SAVED NOME FUND. I hereby enclose . . . . for the fund to bring Balto and his six teammates to be lodged permanently at Brookside Zoo." "DON'T SEND STAMPS—MAIL to George Kimble, treasurer Cleveland Balto Committee, 308 Euclid Avenue Building, Room 1606, Cleveland O."|thumb|A fundraising appeal for the Cleveland Balto Committee, printed in ''[[The Plain Dealer]]'' on March 2, 1927]] Cleveland businessman George Kimble visited the dime museum while in Los Angeles after noticing a sign outside advertising "Balto the wonder dog".{{r|PlainD19850201p76}}{{Efn|It is unknown if Kimble discovered the dogs after being prompted by the newspaper reports; Kimble's name does not emerge until March 2, 1927, when the "Cleveland Balto Committee" was announced, one week after he learned they were in the dime museum.{{r|PlainD19270302p1}} The majority of contemporary accounts, in addition to the [[Cleveland Museum of Natural History]], recognize Kimble as having discovered Balto.{{r|PlainD20150118p31}}{{sfn|Salisbury|Salisbury|2003|p=253}}}} Outraged at seeing Balto and his teammates in poor health,{{r|PlainD20150118p31|PlainD19940107p1}} Kimble offered to buy the dogs from Sam Houston, who was willing to sell,<ref name="PlainD19270302p1">{{Cite news |date=March 2, 1927 |title=Dog Lovers Rally to Aid Balto Fund |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-plain-dealer-dog-lovers-rally-to-aid/148512638/ |access-date=July 20, 2024 |newspaper=The Plain Dealer |location=Cleveland, Ohio |pages=1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-plain-dealer-dog-lovers-rally-to-aid/148512693/ 6] |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=July 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240728045705/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-plain-dealer-dog-lovers-rally-to-aid/148512638/ |url-status=live }}</ref> but demanded $2,000 ({{Inflation|index=US|value=2000|start_year=1927|r=0|fmt=eq|cursign=$}}), more than Kimble could personally afford.{{r|PlainD19940107p1}} Kimble reached out to area businessmen and elected officials, along with ''The Plain Dealer'',{{r|PlainD20150118p31}} and assembled the Cleveland Balto Committee led by [[Ohio Courts of Common Pleas|Common Pleas]] Judge James B. Ruhl,<ref name="PlainD19270303p1">{{Cite news |date=March 3, 1927 |title=Children Chip In To Swell Balto Fund |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-plain-dealer-children-chip-in-to-swe/150171267/ |access-date=July 26, 2024 |newspaper=The Plain Dealer |location=Cleveland, Ohio |pages=1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-plain-dealer-children-chip-in-to-swe/150171302/ 5] |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=July 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240728045705/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-plain-dealer-children-chip-in-to-swe/150171267/ |url-status=live }}</ref> which negotiated with Houston.{{r|PlainD19270302p1}} After Houston agreed to sell the dogs for $1,500, a fund raising campaign was formally announced in the March 1, 1927, ''Plain Dealer'', and the [[Brookside Zoo]] promised to create lodging for the dogs.{{r|LosAng19270301p322}}<ref name="Chilli19270301p10">{{Cite news |date=March 1, 1927 |title=Canine Heroes Are Finally Rewarded |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/chillicothe-gazette-canine-heroes-are-fi/150360827/ |access-date=July 20, 2024 |newspaper=Chillicothe Gazette |location=Chillicothe, Ohio |page=10 |via=Newspapers.com |agency=Associated Press |archive-date=July 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240728204329/https://www.newspapers.com/article/chillicothe-gazette-canine-heroes-are-fi/150360827/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Raising $200 on the campaign's first day, a ten-day [[Option (finance)|option]] was obtained,{{r|PlainD19270302p1}} and the dogs were temporarily relocated to a ranch as a [[foster home]].<ref name="PlainD19270309p1">{{Cite news |date=March 9, 1927 |title=Cleveland Children on Coast Visit Nome Heroes |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-plain-dealer-cleveland-children-on-c/147432513/ |access-date=July 26, 2024 |newspaper=The Plain Dealer |location=Cleveland, Ohio |page=1 |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=July 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240728050218/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-plain-dealer-cleveland-children-on-c/147432513/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The ''Plain Dealer'' carried daily tallies of donations to the campaign.{{Efn|As seen here:{{r|PlainD19270302p1|PlainD19270303p1|PlainD19270304p14|PlainD19270305p1|PlainD19270306p1|PlainD19270308p1|PlainD19270309p12|PlainD19270310p1}}}} Donations came from all over the city, with Cleveland schoolchildren dropping loose change in buckets{{r|PlainD19940107p1}} and offering their milk money;{{sfn|Salisbury|Salisbury|2003|p=253}} along with children, bank employees, offices and nonprofit institutions all making donations.{{r|PlainD19270303p1}} Within four days, the committee grew from seven members to seventeen.<ref name="PlainD19270305p1">{{Cite news |date=March 5, 1927 |title=New Group of Ten Spurs Balto Work |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-plain-dealer-new-group-of-ten-spurs/150653320/ |access-date=July 26, 2024 |newspaper=The Plain Dealer |location=Cleveland, Ohio |pages=1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-plain-dealer-new-group-of-ten-spurs/150653466/ 5] |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=July 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240728050218/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-plain-dealer-new-group-of-ten-spurs/150653320/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Area [[kennel club]]s, shops and hotels also made contributions.{{sfn|Salisbury|Salisbury|2003|p=253}} Appeals to donate were broadcast over radio stations [[WFJC|WDBK]], [[WHK (AM)|WHK]] and [[WTAM]],<ref name="PlainD19270304p14">{{Cite news |date=March 4, 1927 |title=Appeal for Balto Flashes by Radio |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-plain-dealer-appeal-for-balto-flashe/147431388/ |access-date=July 26, 2024 |newspaper=The Plain Dealer |location=Cleveland, Ohio |page=14 |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=July 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240728050219/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-plain-dealer-appeal-for-balto-flashe/147431388/ |url-status=live }}</ref> along with stations in [[Detroit]] and elsewhere; one response came from Japan after a listener there heard an appeal over [[WABC (AM)|WJZ]] in New York by [[DXing|long-distance reception]].<ref name="PlainD19270306p1">{{Cite news |date=March 6, 1927 |title=Style Show Girls Herald Balto Plea |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-plain-dealer-style-show-girls-herald/150170976/ |access-date=July 26, 2024 |newspaper=The Plain Dealer |location=Cleveland, Ohio |pages=1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-plain-dealer-style-show-girls-herald/150171100/ 4] |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=July 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240728050219/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-plain-dealer-style-show-girls-herald/150170976/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Three models for the [[William Taylor & Son]] department store were driven around downtown Cleveland promoting the campaign.{{r|PlainD19270306p1}}<ref name="PlainD19270306p4">{{Cite news |date=March 6, 1927 |title=Models Rally Avenue Crowds to Help Balto |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-plain-dealer-models-rally-avenue-cro/147024974/ |access-date=July 26, 2024 |newspaper=The Plain Dealer |location=Cleveland, Ohio |page=4 |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=July 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240728050220/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-plain-dealer-models-rally-avenue-cro/147024974/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The Los Angeles Alaskan Society subsequently offered to buy the team if the $2,000 could not be raised in time by the Cleveland effort, as the ten-day option had been publicized in the ''[[Los Angeles Daily Times]]''.{{r|LosAng19270301p322}}<ref name="PlainD19270308p1">{{Cite news |date=March 8, 1927 |title=West Eager to Buy Balto Before City |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-plain-dealer-west-eager-to-buy-balto/147431834/ |access-date=July 26, 2024 |newspaper=The Plain Dealer |location=Cleveland, Ohio |pages=1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-plain-dealer-west-eager-to-buy-balto/147431870/ 8] |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=July 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240728050238/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-plain-dealer-west-eager-to-buy-balto/147431834/ |url-status=live }}</ref> By the evening of March 8, $1,517 had been raised, prompting one last-minute appeal by the ''Plain Dealer'';<ref name="PlainD19270309p12">{{Cite news |date=March 9, 1927 |title=$500 Must Be Raised by Night for Balto |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-plain-dealer-500-must-be-raised-by/147432549/ |access-date=July 26, 2024 |newspaper=The Plain Dealer |location=Cleveland, Ohio |pages=1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-plain-dealer-500-must-be-raised-by/147432721/ 5] |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=July 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240728050221/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-plain-dealer-500-must-be-raised-by/147432549/ |url-status=live }}</ref> the following morning, the fund surpassed the $2,000 goal, totaling $2,245.88 ({{Inflation|index=US|value=2245.88|start_year=1927|r=0|fmt=eq|cursign=$}}) and securing the purchase of the entire seven-dog team.<ref name="PlainD19270310p1">{{Cite news |date=March 10, 1927 |title=City Wins Balto by Good Margin: Fund Passes $2,000 Mark in Morning; Climbs to $2,245.88 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-plain-dealer-city-wins-balto-by-good/150656078/ |access-date=July 26, 2024 |newspaper=The Plain Dealer |location=Cleveland, Ohio |pages=1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-plain-dealer-city-wins-balto-by-good/150656167/ 5] |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> The effort won the praise of [[Roald Amundsen]], who compared it to the city of [[Oslo]] adopting the lone surviving dog from his expedition to the [[South Pole]].{{r|PlainD19270310p1}} A ''Plain Dealer'' editorial on the campaign's success read, "[t]he city which honors a worthy dumb animal honors itself. Cleveland looks forward to welcoming its Alaskan guests a few days hence and hopes their life here may be long and pleasant."<ref name="PlainD19270311p14">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-plain-dealer-balto-of-cleveland-edi/150656359/|date=March 11, 1927|page=14|title=Balto of Cleveland (editorial)|newspaper=The Plain Dealer|location=Cleveland, Ohio|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=July 26, 2024|archive-date=July 28, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240728050812/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-plain-dealer-balto-of-cleveland-edi/150656359/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:Balto-Cleveland_Public_Square_parade,_March_19,_1927.webm|thumb|250x250px|Balto and his team were paraded through [[Public Square, Cleveland|Public Square]] in Cleveland on March 19, 1927, and presented to the city at the steps of [[Cleveland City Hall|City Hall]].]] Balto and his six teammates—Alaska Slim, Fox, Tillie, Billie, Old Moctoc and Sye{{Efn|Also spelled as "Cy"<ref name="PlainD19850310p220">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-plain-dealer-cheers-for-balto-lett/150168386/|date=March 10, 1985|page=10:Magazine|title=Cheers for Balto! (letter to the editor)|newspaper=The Plain Dealer|location=Cleveland, Ohio|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=July 20, 2024|archive-date=July 28, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240728050728/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-plain-dealer-cheers-for-balto-lett/150168386/|url-status=live}}</ref> or "Si".{{r|PlainD19650613p49}}}}—were transported by train from Los Angeles to Cleveland along with [[identification papers]];<ref name="PlainD19270313p1">{{Cite news |date=March 13, 1927 |title=Balto, With Mates, Off For Cleveland |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-plain-dealer-balto-with-mates-off/150361039/ |access-date=July 26, 2024 |newspaper=The Plain Dealer |location=Cleveland, Ohio |page=1 |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=July 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240728050736/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-plain-dealer-balto-with-mates-off/150361039/ |url-status=live }}</ref> arriving March 16, the dogs were escorted to temporary quarters at Brookside Zoo.<ref name="PlainD19270317p12">{{Cite news |date=March 17, 1927 |title=Balto and Mates Safe in City Zoo: Huskies Will Be "At Home" to Visitors Saturday. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-plain-dealer-balto-and-mates-safe-in/150175667/ |access-date=July 26, 2024 |newspaper=The Plain Dealer |location=Cleveland, Ohio |pages=1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-plain-dealer-balto-and-mates-safe-in/150175724/ 4] |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=July 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240728050807/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-plain-dealer-balto-and-mates-safe-in/150175667/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="PlainD19270317p1">{{Cite news |date=March 17, 1927 |title=Huskies Bark Greeting to City for Generosity |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-plain-dealer-huskies-bark-greeting-t/150172678/ |access-date=July 26, 2024 |newspaper=The Plain Dealer |location=Cleveland, Ohio |page=1 |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=July 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240728050736/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-plain-dealer-huskies-bark-greeting-t/150172678/ |url-status=live }}</ref> A grand parade took place at the [[Public Square, Cleveland|Public Square]] on March 19, 1927, which the city designated as "Balto Day".<ref name="PlainD19270319p1">{{Cite news |date=March 19, 1927 |title=Balto Leads Mush to City Hall Today |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-plain-dealer-balto-leads-mush-to-cit/147498755/ |access-date=July 26, 2024 |newspaper=The Plain Dealer |location=Cleveland, Ohio |pages=1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-plain-dealer-balto-leads-mush-to-cit/147498790/ 3] |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=July 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240728204330/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-plain-dealer-balto-leads-mush-to-cit/147498755/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Despite rainy conditions, thousands of people were present{{Efn|One retrospective story had an estimate of 15,000 attendees for the parade;{{r|PlainD19940107p1}} this might be accidentally confused with the 15,000 attendees that saw Balto in his first day at the zoo.}} as the team pulled a sled modified with iron wheels making it navigable on [[cobblestone]] streets and [[streetcar track]]s; two local [[Boy Scouts of America|Boy Scout]] troops carried signs announcing Balto's arrival and a map of the serum run,{{r|PlainD19270320p1}} while five local people were "[[Sourdough (Yukon Miner)|sourdough]]"{{Efn|'Sourdough' is another name for a prospector or minor during the Klondike gold rush of Yukon, in north-western Canada, between 1896 and 1899.}} escorts.<ref name="PlainD19270318p14">{{Cite news |date=March 18, 1927 |title=5 "Sour-Doughs" to Escort Balto: Parade Tomorrow to Draw Dog "Mushers" Under Midnight Sun |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-plain-dealer-5-sour-doughs-to-esco/151931851/ |access-date=July 26, 2024 |newspaper=The Plain Dealer |location=Cleveland, Ohio |page=14 |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=July 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240728204330/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-plain-dealer-5-sour-doughs-to-esco/151931851/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In the rotunda of [[Cleveland City Hall]], Judge Ruhl read a [[deed of gift]] that transferred ownership of Balto and his team to the city "forever".<ref name="PlainD19270320p1">{{Cite news |date=March 20, 1927 |title=Throngs Acclaim Balto in Drizzle |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-plain-dealer-throngs-acclaim-balto-i/147086639/ |access-date=July 26, 2024 |newspaper=The Plain Dealer |location=Cleveland, Ohio |pages=1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-plain-dealer-throngs-acclaim-balto-i/147086850/ 16] |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=July 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240728054256/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-plain-dealer-throngs-acclaim-balto-i/147086639/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="PlainD19270320p16">{{Cite news |date=March 20, 1927 |title=Snow and 60 Below Meat for Huskies, But Rain— |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-plain-dealer-snow-and-60-below-meat/147086983/ |access-date=July 26, 2024 |newspaper=The Plain Dealer |location=Cleveland, Ohio |page=16 |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=July 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240728054256/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-plain-dealer-snow-and-60-below-meat/147086983/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="PlainD19270327p82">{{Cite news |date=March 27, 1927 |title=Meet the famous Balto, now a resident of Cleveland. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-plain-dealer-meet-the-famous-balto/147726643/ |access-date=July 26, 2024 |newspaper=The Plain Dealer |location=Cleveland, Ohio |page=82 |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=July 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240728054257/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-plain-dealer-meet-the-famous-balto/147726643/ |url-status=live }}</ref> After the parade, the dogs were all transported to a more permanent housing at the zoo.{{r|PlainD19270320p1}}
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