This week on the Bear Grease Podcast, we’ve got the third and final episode in our series on the extraordinary life of the former slave, confederate soldier, bear hunter and Mississippi native, Holt Collier. Many believe he deserves to sit in the saddle with the greats of American history, but his life is stacked deep in controversy, murder, fortunes won and lost, and unrivaled adventure. We’ve tracked all the data points we have on Holt, but like boar bear pursued by hounds, he’s difficult to course. This episode is dedicated to his famous Teddy Bear Hunt where he guided president, Theodore Roosevelt, AND we’ll discuss Holt’s lasting legacy. He lived in bold opposition to the trends of the age – he was a black man that overcame, endured and thrived in the South in a dangerous period, but even in the midst of victory, his life leaves us with a tragic aftertaste. The story of Holt’s life exemplifies core Bear Grease, it’s the finest renderings, the choice meat of the akern, the flash of the flashiest mule, the crescendo trill of the barred owl, it’s the black panther of all black panther stories and I’m honored to tell it to you….I doubt you’re going to want to miss this one.
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Ep. 181: THIS COUNTRY LIFE - Cold Fronts
Ep. 180: BEAR GREASE [RENDER] - Mississippi River, Ski Jumping, & Donnie Baker Discussion
Ep. 179: THIS COUNTRY LIFE - Dogs, Hogs, and Submarines
Ep. 178: The Donnie Baker Story - Nightmare (Part 1)
Ep. 177: THIS COUNTRY LIFE - Making Do With What You Have
Ep. 176: BEAR GREASE [RENDER] - Montgomery County Shine
Ep. 175: THIS COUNTRY LIFE - Season of Giving
Ep. 174: Bear Grease Classics: Daniel Boone - Foundations of an American Archetype
Ep. 173: THIS COUNTRY LIFE - Grits, Rhinos, Monkeys, and Ducks
Ep. 172: BEAR GREASE [RENDER] - Glaciers, Wolves and Black Panthers
Ep. 171: THIS COUNTRY LIFE - Ducks, Trees, and Danger
Ep. 170: Bear Grease Classics: The Myth of the Southern Mountain Lion
Ep. 169: THIS COUNTRY LIFE - Old School (Part 2)
Ep. 168: BEAR GREASE [RENDER] - Plott Hounds, Bucking Horses, and Long Hunters
Ep. 167: THIS COUNTRY LIFE - Old School (Part 1)
Ep. 166: Pure Americana - Plott Hound Royalty, Berry Tarlton (Part 2)
Ep. 165: BEST OF: THIS COUNTRY LIFE - Freight Trains and Hurricanes
Ep. 164: BEAR GREASE [RENDER] - Plott Hound Analysis & Ken’s Reward
Ep. 163: THIS COUNTRY LIFE - What’s in a Name?
Ep. 162: Pure Americana - The Plott Hound, Origin Story (Part 1)
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