Show Belled Belied Cow Elk Passes On During the 1959 winter elk tagging program at Hardware Ranch In Blacksmith Fork Canyon Canyon Canyon Can Can- yon four elk were tagged with small bells These bells were attached to l 1 leather e eat a t h er straps placed around the elks elk's neck THROUGH THE years that followed reports were recel received ved of three of the belled elk being harvested But the one lone cow returning to the ranch each year became a pet as well as an at attraction attraction attraction at- at traction to those people visiting annually the Hardware Ranch winter feed lot The surviving elk was tagged as a mature cow In 1959 Thus she was nine years old plus Af After After After Af- Af ter surviving the past winter tours of ot people visiting Hardware Hardware Hardware Hard Hard- ware Ranch old age caught up with her and she quietly passed away this past spring near the ranch |