History Question #5

[Asa Lenon]

This old time trapper was a Michigan State trapper who eventually moved to Texas and on to California. He had a house-trailer he pulled behind his truck with lettering " His name- Master Trapper, Personal instructions,  Lures and Baits For Sale." This trapper also wrote two trapping books and contributed regularly to the F-F-G and old Trappers World magazines.  Ace

[RdFx]

A little dusty but i would say his initials are J. E.    ..... Remember a story   he wrote about going after wolf pups  in  spring for bounty...

[Asa Lenon]

Yes RdFx, J.E. claimed in magazine articles that he would actually crawl right into timber wolf dens with his .38 revolver and bring out the Mother wolf and her pups.  I personally remember this trapper and his Brother O. who was also an accomplished trapper.   Ace

[OldCoon]

J.E. was quite a woodcarver too.  He was a friend of fellow Californian John Parker, one of the founders of the FTA.  Both men relied heavily on dogs to find their sets for them.  J. E.'s brother O, I believe, lived in Oregon.

[RdFx]

Nice to know about the woodcarving.... i know he used dogs alot even for tracking down drags

[Asa Lenon]

J had a trapping and wood carving museum in California for years before his passing.   I heard that the feature wood carving was a huge carved statue of himself with a trap in hand.  J's relatives still live 30 miles East of me at Gould City.  Those passing through will see a bar and restuarant named E's??? Corner where they display old photographs of their noted relative.  J. & O. used to stop by and visit with my Dad everytime they returned from CA for a visit at Gould City. Ace

[RdFx]

Im going to go ahead with another History question which i hope will be easier for some of the trappers out there.... Dont  give up on this question... come trappers out there.  A few of us know the answer but we want you to explore trapping history, ask us some questions.  What you do know is:
  J.E. came from Gould Michigan
  California was his home in latter years
  Master trapper
  Wrote articles  for trapping magazines

[Asa Lenon]

C'mom yottey, coyotero, someone take a shot at this one. This famous trappers name is mentioned often on the forums.  I'll even offer the first name and number of letters in his last name "John E--" Slim Pederson wrote a while back that he learned to trap from both my Dad and John E-- My Dad always called him Johnny E so don't know if Johnny was his real full name or just John.   Ace

[skidway]

I believe you're referring to  John Ehn.

[Asa Lenon]

Got it skidway, I knew someone had to have heard of John Ehn!  Just for the record, i've heard people pronounce Ehn as "N" but actually it pronounced "Eane" or "Eeeennnne."