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Actually, Arkansas at that time was called the Bear State California stole its nickname from us. Any way the numbers of bears killed in the state was huge. The town of Oil Trough, Arkansas in Northeast part of the state got its name from a long wooden trough hewn from a large tree that was in the middle of the town street where the oil from rendered bear fat was gathered.

So yes there were definately Bear killers in that bunch of old boys.

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