Saturday, December 23, 2017
Published in the Chicago Daily Tribune, Chicago, Illinois on Saturday, January 5, 1856
An extraordinary bear was recently caught near the head of Pilot Creek Ditch, California, which was perfectly white except the feet, all four of which were black. He was very ferocious.
Saturday, August 27, 2016
Published in the The New York Gazette, New York, New York on Thursday, June 12, 1738
Not long since, as the King of Sweden was a Bear Hunting in the Woods near Stockholm, in company with several of the Nobility of his court, he killed a wild Bear of an enormous size, measuring six Ells long; and in all respects proportionable; the skin of it is stuffed and otherwise preserved, and […]
Published in the Chicago Press and Tribune, Chicago, Illinois on Saturday, July 30, 1859
Greenly writes a long letter describing his trip from Denver City to the mouth of the Platte River. He thus relates a discussion that occurred one night around the campfire. “By the way, there was a discussion at supper between my three companions-all mountaineers of ripe experience-as to the relative merits of certain meats, of […]
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
Published in the Waukegan Daily Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Wednesday, August 25, 1897
Believed to Be the One Hit by a Locomotive a Year Ago. One day last fall the locomotive of a passenger train on the Western New York & Pennsylvania railroad, running 40 miles an hour, near Watsonville, Pa., struck a bear that came out of the woods and attempted to cross the track in front […]
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Published in the Illinois Daily Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Wednesday, February 1, 1854
The Tensas [Ark.] Herald says, a man named Lunsicker and party, killed in that neighborhood eleven bears in the space of seven days. One or two of them were perfect monsters, as big as buffaloes.
Friday, December 27, 2013
Published in the Illinois Daily Journal, Springfield,Illinois on Friday, June 17, 1853
The N. O. Creasant of the 28th ult., has the following: Yesterday pursuant to public notice, came off at Gretna, opposite the Fourth District, the long heralded fight between the famous grizzly bear General Jackson [victor in fifty battles] and the Attakapas bull Santa Anna. The fame of the coming conflict had gone forth to […]
Sunday, December 15, 2013
Published in the Illinois State Journal, Springfield,Illinois on Friday, May 19, 1854
The skillful acts of the nomad people of Lapland in throwing the lasso, avails them at times, in making captives of other animals beside their own deer. “On one occasion” so said a clergyman whom Mr. Loyd met in Norrland and who vouched for the truth of the story. “When a Lapp, in company with […]
Saturday, December 14, 2013
Published in the Illinois State Journal, Springfield,Illinois on Wednesday, January 17, 1855
The Rockingham, [Va.] Register gives the following account of an old Virginia hunter, Frederick Keiser, of Pendleton County, has devoted much of his time to hunting the mountains of his native county. He is in his 88th year, and has killed during his life, one thousand deer, ten elk, three-hundred bears, thirty panthers and fifty-three […]
Saturday, December 14, 2013
Published in the Illinois State Journal, Springfield,Illinois on Wednesday, January 24, 1855
A young man had a severe fight with a grizzly bear in the neighborhood of San Andres, last week. Bruin attacked him and threw him down, so that he could not draw his pistol, but was able to draw his knife, which he used pretty freely on old bruin, and was shortly enabled to gain […]
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Published in the Illinois State Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Thursday, February 15, 1855
A grand fight between a bear and a jackass was advertised to come off at Mokelamme Hill, California, on Sunday Dec. 10th; Admission $1.50. This is cheering evidence of the progress of civilization on the Pacific slope.