Ursus Horriseus Texensis - Texas Grizzly Bear

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Stalking the Unknown

by C. O. Finley

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Folks, sooner or later - Genealogists are going to realize that their family kinfolks are laying on some dealer's dusty shelves. If I can contribute to finding one little name or photo of that long lost ancestor you have been waiting to find, - its worth all the time I spend.

Because many of the old American western magazines and books were not indexed and their heroes lost to posterity, I index every item I sell. See below for each and every name included in this great story. Your grandpa might be there!

CONFIRMED AS NEW RACE OF GRIZZLY BEARS LOCKED IN NATIONAL MUSEUM, U.S. Department of Interior
As many of you know, I sit on old floors, in attics, in basements of old bookstores looking for rarely found and seldom read stories of the American West. Here is a strange one entitled " Stalking the Unknown" by C. O. Finley with pictures furnished by Mrs. C. O. Finley. This is a story published originally in 1902 and brought to light later because of the historical significance of the subject. It seems that on a bear hunt in 1900 in the Davis Mountains of Texas, a group of hunters and their dogs got onto a bear. At first, everybody thought it was just another bear--but the dogs knew different. The hairs on their back weren't acting right. After a successful kill (one dog and one bear), the hunters exclaimed that they had killed a grizzly. Only problem was, grizzly bears don't exist in Texas. Skinning found that the old bear weighed at least 800 pounds with the hide and feet weighing out 400 to 500 pounds. His feet were cut off, on one he had only three claws on one front foot and only one on the other. The hide was sent to San Antonio and nicely dressed and the author took home the head, boiling and scraping it, hung it over the front door for conversation. Now the story gets interesting when a young man from the biological department at Washington came to collect specimens from the Davis Mountains. He examined the skull and went back to Washington, whereupon, the National Museum wrote asking to inspect the remains. Well, to make a long short, that skull was declared a new grizzly specimen named Ursus Horriaeus Texensis by Dr. C. Hart Merriman, Chief of the Biological Survey as the basis for the claim that this particular skull was the only specimen of its kind in the world. And, not to exaggerate the importance of the skull would have to kept under lock and key in the fireproof, locked storage of the National Museum. For all you experts, it's probably still there. ALL NAMES HEREIN INDEXED w * indicating picture:

BELL, W. B. (Chief, Wildlife Research Division, National Museum)

FINLEY *, C. O (Killed this Bear).

BELL, W. B. (Chief, Wildlife Research, National Museum)

FINLEY *, C. O (Killed this Bear).

FINLEY *, Mrs. C. O.

HULLING, Tat (Rancher north of Kent on the Delaware)

MEANS, John Z. (Helped Kill this Bear)

MERRIMAN, Doctor C. Hart (Chief, Biological Survey)

THOMASON, Mr. (Biological Department, Washington, D.C.)

THORN, L. S. (General Superintendant, Western District, Texas & Pacific RR)

NAMED LOCATIONS INDEXED:

Davis Mountain

Pecos News

Pecos, Texas.

Rock Pile

Sawtooh Mountain

Silvertip, Texas

Just another story of the old west that has been seldom seen or rarely read. I don't have the space to relate the rest of the story nor do I want to spoil it. It's great. You have not seen it before because it is in this out of the way western magazine of many years ago. This copy is in excellent condition with a vibrant colored cover and one that should be placed on your coffee table. My wife says that after I find and buy this, read it research it, write about it, take a scan and picture of it, pay EBay an entry fee and a commission, I make about 50 cents an hour but OH HOW I LOVE THIS OLD WESTERN HISTORY as it was published many years ago in this old western magazine. Buyer pays $3.50 First Class Postage w/in US. Priority will be $5.00. International mailing will be at cost of $13.25. Texans must pay applicable sales tax. Thanks, Tom

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