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Holt Collier
1515 S. Main St., Greeville,
MS,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
33° 22' 57.8136",
-91° 3' 15.1092"
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Mississippi State
Historical Marker |
Born a slave in 1846, Collier served as a Confederate sharpshooter and cavalryman. Famed as a bear hunter, he guided Pres. Theodore Roosevelt on a hunt near Onward, MS, in 1902. When Roosevelt refused to shoot a bear Collier had roped, cartoonist coined the term “Teddy Bear.” Collier was buried here in Live Oak Cemetery in 1936.
Last updated: 6/17/2009 10:15:00 |
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Related Themes: C.S.A., Confederate States of America, Confederacy
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