Solving the Mystery of Eph Thompson, The Elephant Trainer
Who was Eph Thompson? Ephraim “Eph” Thompson (1859 – 1909), a man once called the greatest elephant trainer in the world, was born in Colchester, Ontario, a settlement on the north shore of Lake Erie. At the time of Thompson’s birth in 1859, Canada was a dominion within the British Empire. In 1807, Britain passed […]