Holt Collier - Greenville, Mississippi
Posted by: BruceS
N 33° 22.967 W 091° 03.255
15S E 680988 N 3695414
Historical marker commemorating renowned bear hunter, Holt Collier in front of the Live Oak Cemetery in Greenville, Mississippi.
Waymark Code: WM37K8
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 02/23/2008
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Holt Collier
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, cartoonists coined the term "Teddy Bear." Collier was
buried here in Live Oak Cemetery in 1936. ~ text of marker