Here is a news paper article about Mrs. Healy. She & Major Healy owned this ranch. I worked there, she & I did about 99% of the work. the Major spent his time being a "Major Retired".
The story (I know its hard to read, best I could do with my small scanner.) is full of in accuracies. I'm the "Little boy - Bobby". I was 14 at the time and was called "Buddy". The rifle she was cleaning was an old octagon barrel 30/30 that she never used. Her rifle was a 30-06. Picture of lion in a tree was one of our family photos and may or may not have been taken on the Healy ranch.
The day we caught the lion cub, it did not bite her in the hand, it put its front teeth through her thumb nail. We did not ride to the Army base (Fort Huchua). We went back to the ranch house 5 or 6 miles. By about the third day she was hand feeding the cub while he laid in her lap. and letting him run loose on a inclosed screen porch. When sold the Major charged us for the meat he was fed. :laughing:
If we had gone back the next day we could have caught his litter mate. When dad (Clell Lee) got back he rode back out there and got it, dead. We sold the live 1 for $150, dad got $75 for the dead one.
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I didn't realize the ranch covered 6000 acres either. It covered all of Carr Canyon, upper end of Ramsey Canyon, up to the top of the mountain, around behind Carr peak, down to and across the high way. I think they ran less than 100 permanent cows and Mrs. Healy had almost every one named.
More later,
Jim
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