Wildcat Gulch
Wildcat Gulch heads in toward the east branch of Hutton Creek. A ridge separates the two water sheds. Hutton Creek empties into Cottonwood Creek. Wildcat Gulch empties into Slide Creek near ·Spaulding's Camp.
It was at Spaulding's Camp that William A. Wright used
his 50-70 Sharps carbine as a set gun for the grizzly bear, Reelfoot. The foxy old grizzly fired the carbine but the bullet missed him. Farther up in Wildcat Gulch William A. Wright and Purl Bean later killed the huge Reelfoot in the spring of 1890.
February 12, 1953
Location
MS178, no. 419
Source
George Wright descriptions
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