Bears – M. Mark Miller

An Event: “An Ursine History of Yellowstone Park” in Cooke City

Jul 20, 2016

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Bears are resilient animals that adapt quickly to changes in their surroundings so their behavior provides an interesting way of looking at Yellowstone Park history.

Tales of Two Grizzlys

Mar 12, 2014

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This morning Scott McMillion posted a link to a story in the Wyoming Tribune Eagle, “The Life and Times of Grizzly Bear 179.” Here’s how Scott described the story: “The story of bear 179, who has lived a long and productive life. As a yearling, she watched her mother tear into Joe Heimer and Sonja…

A Tale: An Unfair Fight Between a Bear and a Pussy Cat — Ernest Thompson Seton, 1896

Sep 7, 2013

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in Bears, Humor, Yellowstone Stories

“Eighteen sharp claws, a mouthful of keen teeth, had Pussy, and she worked them all with a desperate will when she landed on Grumpy’s bare, bald, sensitive nose.”

A Tale: “The worst nuisance in the way of wild varmints is the bears.” Clifton Johnson, 1919.

Jul 11, 2013

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in Bears, Yellowstone Stories

“I used to have a mule that liked nothing better than to chase a bear up a tree.”

A Tale: “Mr. Dooley, Her Story.” The Tragic Tale of a Captive Grizzly — Dan Beard, 1907

Jun 23, 2013

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in Bears, Yellowstone Stories

The trouble with Mr. Dooley is that she made the mistake of applying the Golden Rule to human beings, and the human beings did not appreciate the generous nature of the bear.

A Tale: “Bear That Killed Man Blown to Pieces” — 1917

Apr 7, 2013

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in Bears, Yellowstone Stories

When the bear came back under cover of darkness and nosed the bait, the mine was sprung and the dynamite did its work most effectively.

A Tale: Bears Entertain Yellowstone Campers — Dearling, 1900

Dec 1, 2012

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in Bears, Yellowstone Stories

By the 1890s, grand hotels had been built throughout Yellowstone Park and kitchen managers dumped their refuse in nearby woods. Bears soon began treating the arrival of garbage carts as invitations to dinner and watching them at the dump became a “must-do ” experience on par with viewing geysers, canyons and falls. In 1900, John…

A Tale: Ernest Thompson Seton Describes a Bear Fight — 1896

Sep 16, 2012

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in Bears, Yellowstone Stories

“They clinched and rolled over and over, whacking and pounding, snorting and growling, and making no end of dust and rumpus.”

A Tale: A Bear Fight in the Yellowstone Park — 1903

May 31, 2012

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in Bears, Yellowstone Stories

“A long legged cinnamon bear snatched the remains of some ribs of beef from under the nose of a big mother black bear at the moment she was calling her two little cubs to partake of the roast. “

Teddy Roosevelt Describes Tame Bears in Yellowstone Park — c. 1914

Nov 5, 2011

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in Bears, Uncategorized

“It is curious to think that the descendants of the great grizzlies which were the dread of the early explorers and hunters should now be semi-domesticated creatures.”

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