Harper man displays 1442-pound Wyoming bull moose head
W L McGinley of Harper poses with the 1442 pound bull moose head killed years ago at Jackson Hole Wyoming on display at the Longhorn Inn. Charlie Friedrich of Harper admires the trophy. McGinley helped boost the town with an ambulance for the volunteer fire department. The article also notes regional geography curiosities and historic coal use.
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W L McGinley
Jackson Hole
Wyoming
McGinley
Longhorn Inn
Harper
Charlie Friedrich
Harper McGinley
Harper and
Doss
Harper Volunteer Fire Department
Harper Area Hunters Lead In Local Deer And Turkey Activity
The Harper Locker Plant set a new processing record with 514 bucks 30 does and 12 turkeys brought in by Tuesday night, boosting Harper’s status in Gillespie County. Willie Meier’s &point buck from Milton Ernst Ranch and Floy Bode’s two turkeys headlined a busy opening weekend as the hunt began Saturday morning amid unseasonably warm weather.
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Harper
An &Point
Willie Meier
Milton Ernst
Floy Bode
Joan Lennon
Harper Trade
Harper Locker
Henry Moellendorf
Gillespie County
Moellendorf
An &Pointer
Delbert D. Fuhrman
San Antonio
Cameron Ranch
Felix Klein
Freeport hunter dies in hill country Jeep crash
John H Caldwell 71 of Freeport became the first fatality of the 1971 hunting season after a Jeep plunged into a 14 foot ravine on the Pete Whitworth ranch 20 miles west of Harper Texas The crash happened at 730 pm Saturday killing Caldwell and injuring three others who were transported to Hill Country Memorial Hospital in Fredericksburg The body was taken to Freeport by Beckmann Funeral Home Burial followed at Gulf Prairie Cemetery The Jeep rolled head first after going down the embankment in a dry draw The incident prompted updates on the hunting season amid additional accidents and local tributes
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Kensing Place
Harper
Mack Scarborough
Walter Wynn Parker
Harper Taper
Wie
Walch
Fritz
Norman J. Dietel
KNAF
Bill Jung
Fredericksburg
Stonewall
Harper Herald
Freeport
Texas
John H. Caldwell
Lynn Lueders
Pete Whitworth
Kumble County
Thomas W Caldwell
Cecil Colling
David Collins
Kane Lumpkins
Darrel Hulmes
Hill Country Memorial Hospital
Harper Fire
Felix Klein
Gene Tatsch
Whitworth
Caldwell
Beckmann Funeral Home
Gulf Prairie
John Caldwell
Cecil Collins
Collins
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Roy Feller
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