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Las Cruces man recalls Smokey Bear as a cub
Donald Bell recalls the 1950 arrival of a injured bear cub in his Santa Fe home that would become Smokey Bear. The cub, called Hotfoot Teddy, later moved to Washington DC's National Zoo and died in 1976. The piece notes the bear's origin and the wartime fire prevention campaign.
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Las Cruces
Smokey Bear
Donald Bell
Donald
Santa Fe
Ray Bell
Hotfoot
Teddy
U.S. Forest Service
U.S
Bell
Judy
Bells
Washington, D.C
National Zoo
Smokey
Smokey the Bear
Capitan Gap
Lincoln National Forest
Rebecca Judd
U.S. Forest
Capitan
New Mexico
Public Works
Roman Abeyta
Sheriff's Department
Greg Solano
Sheriff's
Robert Dennis Gallegos
Chicayo
Gallegos