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    • Bear Howard made a living as a hunter

    • Bear Howard made a living as a hunter

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    • Pioneers--Arizona--Sedona

    • Howard gained a reputation as an accomplished bear hunter. He sold bear meat to Flagstaff butcher shops. He also was a trapper and raised horses and mules. The widow, Margaret James, married him briefly but apparently didn't like being the wife...
    • The Purtymun family with grandpa Bear Howard

    • The Purtymun family with grandpa Bear Howard

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    • Pioneers--Arizona--Sedona

    • The Purtymuns moved into Oak Creek Canyon (today Junipine) in the early 1880s. Again they cleared the land. They built a large log house and an irrigation ditch and planted a fruit orchard. In the early 1900s, Steven and Martha divorced and he...
    • Bear Howard's cabin

    • Bear Howard's cabin

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    • Pioneers--Arizona--Sedona

    • After breaking out of a California jail for shooting a sheep-herder, Bear Howard came to Arizona territory - Oak Creek Canyon. He lived near his daughter and son-in-law, the Steven Purtymuns, for years before being caught and returned to jail. ...

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