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Sarcoxie
Public Library
506 Center St
Sarcoxie Mo 64862
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A Wildcat of a Man
His grave in
Sarcoxie, Missouri, is marked with
only a simple stone, but there was nothing simple about Virgil Everett
“Wildcat” Lynch.
Born
in 1884, V.E. Lynch may well have been the
last of the great American trappers, hunters and wilderness
guides. Lynch came on the scene just when many of the
old-time mountain men were passing on, but he carried on the great
tradition of such characters as Jim Bridger, Jeremiah Johnston, Hugh
Glass and Jim Colter.
Although he was born and died in Missouri, Lynch
spent most of his adult life in the state of Maine where he became a
legend, known for his great trapping and hunting skills. An
unashamed self-promoter, Lynch understood that his fame could be spread
not just around the campfires in the hunting camps, but through the
written word. With only a third grade education to his
credit, he acquired a typewriter and began beating out the
stories of his hunting and trapping adventures. These tales
were eagerly accepted by outdoor hunting magazines of the time, and V.
E. Lynch became a modern legend. Though it was done the opposite side
of America, Lynch made his reputation in the woods and along
the streams, much as Bridger, Johnston, Glass, and Colter had
done.
After long years of hunting and trapping in the
cold winter snows of New England, Lynch’s health
became to fail. In 1944 he returned to Missouri to be near his family
at Sarcoxie and inspite of health problems he continued hunting and
trapping in the Ozarks until his death in1953. Now, almost a
half-century after his death, Lynch’s life and exploits are
being remembered once again with the republication of his biography, They
Called Him “Wildcat” and with the
establishment of a handsome display in his honor at the public library
at Sarcoxie, Missouri. |
(Printed with Permission of Kay
Hively)
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