Category: Microhistories involving one predator
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“Chained up in a corner of the pavilion:” GB.1860.12A
“As many Californians think they cannot get along very well without the companionship of a grizzly bear, it was of course not to be supposed that our Agricultural Society could come off without a contribution of the kind.”
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“The Big Bear of Marin:” GB.1860.7
A grizzly weighing over eleven hundred pounds was killed last Friday on the Tomales coast, ten miles from Petaluma, by a party of hunters.
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“Terrible Fight with a Grizzly:” GB.1860.1
“The Sierra Citizen tells of three hunters who encountered a grizzly, which they wounded with six shooters. The bear pursued and caught one of them, and while the others fled the captured hunter had a terrible hand-to-hand fight with he monster.”
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“A Cinnamon Bear was killed near Jamison:” BB.1860.1
“A few days previous to this adventure, a cinnamon bear was killed near Jamison. It is bearly possible that the whole story is a “sell” – we think not, however.”
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“A Hard Customer:” T.GB.1860.1
“A grizzly bear, which has infested Stanislaus county recently, has made way with some ten or fifteen hogs, belonging to Lord & Thomas.”
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“Bear Gall:” GB.1859.1
“A large grizzly was killed near Bear mountain a few days since, and but a short distance from San Andreas.”
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