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Alligator Prize Prompts Florida Hunt in 1896
Cedar Rapids figures C H Foy and C F Bates travel from Fort Meade to Florida to capture a large alligator for Gazette editor Fred Faulkes. They dress in fine suits for the hunt, returning as bedraggled after an initial attempt to secure a sizable reptile.
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Florida
Gazette
Fred Faulkes
Faulkes
First Street
First Avenue Bridge
C.H
Charley” Foy
Cedar Rapids
Jacksonville
Foy
Bates
Fort Meade
Mr. Foy
Mr. Bates