>Please send a listing (one or two items) of the oddest items in your >collection for a survey I am conducting. You need not list your museum >name, but be honest! Send your favorites to Carl McQueary, Director >Daughters of the Republic of Texas Museum, AUSTIN, TX. at [log in to unmask] >Our collection favorites include the pecan that grew on the tree in the >yard next to the house Stephen F. Austin built, and the elm tree root in >the shape of a snake. >Thanks! Carl Although I do not work there except as a consultant, the local museum (Wood County Historical Society Museum) proudly displays a pheasant bagged by Clark Gable. There is a beautiful plaque commemorating the item. Maybe it isn't so strange. Until the mid-1960s our county was a mecca for pheasant hunters, with many movie stars making annual trips. Fall plowing, removal of fence rows, and more efficient harvesting techniques have more or less ended pheasant hunting here. Chris Geist ****************************************************************************** Christopher D. Geist Phone: (419)372-2981 Chair, Department of Popular Culture FAX: (419)372-2577 Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, OH 43403 E-Mail: [log in to unmask] Visit Our World Wide Web Site: http://www.bgsu.edu/departments/popc/home.html