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John Searles' Story
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He built a home, developed a well and prospected the mountains. Searles would bring in supplies and feed for his stock from Tehachapi in the mountains over 100 miles away.

While on a deer-hunting expedition in Kern county, Searles had a gruelling battle with a grizzly bear. The fight left Searles with one side of his face and a shoulder badly mangled. Companions on the hunt managed to get him to Los Angeles where surgeons miraculously saved his life. Grim reminders of the encounter he kept with him were 21 pieces of broken teeth and bones of the bear, and a Spencer rifle with dents from the grizzly's teeth all over it.

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