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a den or an area of woodland

Holt Collier was a former Mississippi slave who rounded up a wounded bear for President Teddy Roosevelt. The President's famous refusal to shoot the tied up animal resulted in the historic "Teddy Bear" marketing scheme.
Holt Collier was a veteran of the Civil War, a one-time cowboy, and known for killing more than 3,000 bears. There is now a Wildlife Refuge in Mississippi named in his honor.

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