Diary, 1911, of trip to Wyoming
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More as firefield in the Park and this helps to state the adjacent Country Beaver are incising on the west side of the Game Reserve. Are especially common on Conant Creek and its branches the southern limit Now come in from the Park long been trapped out years ago. How down up tiller valleys and in one place have built a dam 50 feet long and made a pond a mile long and 1/4 wide at the upland of this pond they have a dam 200 feet long This is on Winegar's Hot Creek A Subutary of Fall River Martin as still found a small numbers on Mt. Neer Alta. One Happe caught 43 a fall of 1909 from Alta. Are not many on the West end of the Game Preserve but all all corn. Black Bears now rather common went Game Preserve in 1908 Trail of one grizzly seen on head of Conant Creek in 1909. Henn saw a Wolverine. Tracks on the West end of Game Preserve Have seen tracks of 3 Mt. Lions in fall of 1909 on Jackpine Creek a branch of Bitch Creek. Henn saw any evidence of thin hony killed Game. Never knew Bears to kill any other than large game or any domestic stock A few Lynx are found. Was never seen or heard of a Wolf Track. Thin Coyotes are plentiful but do not kill much game Mink are quite plentiful