by David L. Witt | Oct 22, 2012 | Curator's Notes
In her memoir, By a Thousand Fires, Nature Notes and Extracts from the Life and Unpublished Journals of Ernest Thompson Seton, Julia M. Seton writes of her husband that although he was “of a most genial disposition, with the utmost kindliness and tolerance toward life...
by David L. Witt | Oct 19, 2012 | Curator's Notes
October 8, 2012. Perfect autumn day, clear sky, light breeze out of the Southwest, temperature around 70°F (21°C) near summit of a hill Seton called Little Sister Mountain, a prominent point SE of the Castle and nearly 500 feet (152.5 meters) higher. The ruins of...
by David L. Witt | Oct 15, 2012 | Curator's Notes
On three different occasions this year, Seton stories have once more been told at Seton Castle: “Krag, The Kootenay Ram” in April, “Lobo, the King of Currumpaw” in September, and a selection of several stories during the celebration of his 152nd birthday in August. As...
by David L. Witt | Oct 12, 2012 | Curator's Notes
In the winter of 1893, in the broken hill country of northeastern New Mexico, a drama played out between a pack of gray wolves and a Canadian wolf hunter named Ernest Thompson Seton. The wolves lost in the struggle, but in an unexpected way they prevailed by changing...
