From Voyageurs National Park on FB: Called “Catamaran” by locals, Bert Upton is among the strangest of historical characters on area waters. He lived in a hut built over a dug-out at Squirrel Narrows. Found frozen to death in the 1930s by Kettle Falls pioneer Oliver Knox; Upton was perched lifeless in the snow just a half-mile from his home. Shunning civilization, Upton defined the word hermit. First spotted rowing his crude log raft on Namakan, no one knows how he got there. Upton’s accent implied an English heritage but any personal inquiries brought a stony silence. Some suspected him a man fleeing the law; others saw a bizarre outcast; everyone knew he was peculiar. Just five feet tall and wildly unkempt, Catamaran wore hacked-off pants and walked barefoot with a stick. Winter demanded shoes but no socks, a cast-off Mackinaw, and a trailing cap made from the leg of old underwear. He was oddly religious, and suspicious of being poisoned. Surviving on snared rabbits and fish, he ofte...
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ReplyDeleteBrisco County, Jr. Short-lived western starring Bruce Campbell.
ReplyDeleteThank you kind sir.
ReplyDeleteNot just western, but steampunk weird western. :D
ReplyDeletelast I checked, expensive even at Amazon... but worth it.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I've wanted to buy it forever, but it's always been expensive.
ReplyDeleteWait, Lord Bowler and Sho'Nuff were played by the same guy?
ReplyDeleteYep. I had such a crush on Kelly Rutherford back then.
ReplyDeleteIn other Bruce Campbell series', I still haven't opened "Jack of All Trades".
Ah Brisco County Jr.... Campbell supposedly answered my email once about this show. I asked him "Why did the series have to end like that?" And he answered with "Because I felt the need to see my family on a regular basis."
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