EDGAR BEECHER BRONSON 



R. BROISTSON started his business career when about twenty 

 years of age as a reporter. He was remarkable for his resolute 

 and daring spirit. To get his copy to the otfice of the New 

 York Tribune M'hile reporting the Beecher-Tilden trial he crossed the 

 East River by jumping from one floating cake of ice to another. 



On July 24th, 1874, in company with Washington Donaldson he 

 made a 26-hour balloon voyage that remained the world's endurance 

 record in ballooning for over 30 years. Later in life he became one 

 of the founders of the Aero Club and the Dean of its aviators, and 

 at the time of his death, was taking great interest in aviation and 

 would have been of valuable service to his country. 



Associated with men like Abram S. Hewitt, he was attracted to 

 the romantic west, and engaged in the cattle business for some fif- 

 teen years, owning at one time over 22,000 head of cattle. His ex- 

 periences as a cattle man were embodied in his book — "Reminis- 

 cences of a Ranchman" — one of the truest stories depicting the real 

 Indian and cowboy life and the history of that period of the west. 

 He fought cattle thieves with Clark B. Stocking, "the Old Guard," 

 and later embodied Stocking's experiences in a book entitled "The 

 Vanguard.'' He also wrote "The Red-Blooded" largely covering his 

 adventures in the southwest and Mexico. As a cattleman in 1877 

 he drove the first herd of cattle into the hostile Sioux country 

 north of the Platte river, and established the "3-Crow Ranch" on 

 Ghost creek, a tributary of Running Water. He knew and appreciated 

 the spirit of the west. His books are true to life and fact, and will 

 have great historical value in the future and are real Americana. 



After selling out his cattle business, he engaged in iDanking in 

 El Paso for several years, and then became associated with Clarence 

 E. King, a truly great American, in charge of the Geological Survey 

 along the 40th Parallel. This gave Bronson a great knowledge of 

 his country and of many pioneers and prominent men of the west. 



Preceding ex-President Roosevelt, he hunted three years in Africa. 

 His adventures are entertainingly told in his book, entitled "In Closed 

 Territory." He was the guest of Wm. IST. McMillan, owner of Juja 

 Farm, some 30 miles from Nairobi, and he hunted with Geo. H. 

 Outran! and Will Judd. He secured the third largest elephant on 

 record, and his collection of game trophies is considered one of the 

 finest ever taken from Africa. He was known in Africa as Bwana 

 Kimerije, "The Master Who Smiles." 



In the years 1910-1912 he made two trips into South America, 

 exploring in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, crossing the Andes and 

 down the Amazon river alone, with only native guides. He did not 

 live to record these adventures in book form. 



Bronson was strongly built, of medium height, a forceful and 

 brave man. His principal characteristic may be said to be his blunt, 



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