Fred Fritz and the Grizzly

The days of marauding bands of Apache were gone but life was still not easy working cattle in the rough mountainous ranges along the Blue River.  Beef-killing bears were still numerous.  One day in 1888 Fritz came across one of his range cows that been freshly killed by a grizzly.  The bear charged and he jerked his pistol and fired, hitting it in the jaw.  The grizzly then raked its four-inch claws down the length of Fritz’s body ripping off his clothing, including his leather chaps.  Th