Everglades Fisherman Bud Sees Life Beyond Swamps
In 1940 Bud married local teacher Kappy Stephens and supported a wife and three children by selling wild orchids. A year at the University of Miami as a special student rekindled his hope, but He remains a celebrated fisherman despite low pay. He contemplates leaving the Everglades for a steadier future while valuing his solitary years for lessons in tolerance.
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Bid
Kappy Stephens
University of Miami
Bud
Everglades
Everglades barefoot hermit Bud Kirk schools Nature
Bud Kirk, a 46 year old shoeless fisherman from Rochester who moved to the Everglades in 1930, lived alone for over four years to seek a Thoreauvian escape. He survived by trapping coons and alligators, learning to identify plants, animals, and marine life, becoming a self taught authority on the Everglades.
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Everglades
Bud Kirk
The
Kirk
Bud
Rochester
N. Y
America
Thoreau
Walden Pond
Quenemo Area Club hosts Fidelis Christmas Party
Members gathered at Mrs. Clyde Latchem’s Quenemo home for a Gift Exchange with wrapped packages. Arrangers Mrs. Joe Wilson and Mrs. Byron Gray led carols, readings by Donna Ivey, Joycelyn Cade, and others highlighted Indian and presidential Christmas traditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fidelis
Clyde Latchem
Quenemo
Joe Wilson
Byron Gray
Donna Ivey
Joycelyn Cade
Quenemo High School
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harold Bryan
J. J. Good
Bill Bryan
Bob Bryan
Richard Bryan
Pam
Ottawa
Elmer Torenden
Lawrence Bryan
Lawrence
Jeannie Rose
Removals Listed for Multiple Residents in Independence Area
A series of removals and address changes are recorded, detailing individuals moving within Independence and nearby streets. Notable moves include Richard L. Bryan from 623 8th Street Oak to 708 8th Street Oak and Donald R. Brown from 403 8th Locust to 403 8th Locust, among others. The list covers numerous residents and new addresses, reflecting a neighborhood relocation update.
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Richard L. Bryan
Log Boardman
Donald R. Brown
Claude Casidea
Harley EB. Collins
Mra
Eva
Marvin Gall
S. Locust
Independence
Nathan Gatlin
Hickory
Tremont
A. L. Graham
Floyd BH. Gurlim
N. Mulberry
Lloyd B. Hughes
Charles R. Horne
David Moore
Ralph Murray
W. Ltd
Richard L. Peters
Cedar
College
Joseph W. Philips
Donnie Plake
N. Locust
Glen Trout
Willow
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Logan Reavis
U.S
Netherlands
Hal Boyle
Richard Logan
Topeka
Sadie Neill
Overland Park
Norman Wright
Floyd Patterson
Wilma Engle
Lyle Logan
Robert Wilson
Gene Yeager
Stevie
G. W. Wilson
Gordon Burns
W. B. Poston
Sam Cecil
Grinnell
Earl Meyer
Clark’s
Clark's
School of Business
Topeka, Kansas
School of Business and Economics
University of Kansas
all-University Computation Center
Bureau of Business Research
Educational Building Fund
Dean Berlin
Ward's
Avisco
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