Reading 'Education' now. Man! He and partners took a lot of bears out of that area. I have distant relatives with a dairy farm in Labam that have Elk on the property every year, but I've never heard a bear story come from them. Granted, that's a bit farther south of Flowers haunts. The farm is third generation run now. I wonder if 'uncle Bill' would have known or known of Ralf back in the day.
It looks like Amazon has "Born Under a Stump" available. I must add that to my collection as well. I'm pretty sure I have "Outlaw Tales of Washington" somewhere, if I can't find that one, I'll be lookin to get it too. Where-as, I wouldn't have been surprised if my great grand dad was in that one. He was a 'gun', gambler, cow polk with no steady profession until his untimely death in Billings a mile outside of town out the railroad grade. No cause of death listed on the death certificate. And no record that he ever came through Ellis Island immigration process.
Books written by those in the early 1900's as they tamed the wild west and brought on so much change within culture as the world evolved are some of the best reads. Reading 'in their words' is priceless. Just like the stories around the huntin camp fire. If you've ever read anything by Elmer Keith you know what I mean.
-Steve
