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Historic Bear Basin Ranch curates natural history

Ziegler and Finger have made several native discoveries on their ranch east of town including a possible Clovis crystal spear point Originally published on November 5, 2020 Sometimes the curating of local history is actually a matter of caringly tending to the space in which you live, particularly, as is the case at Bear Basin Ranch, if that space is steeped in deep history, legacy, and the arti­facts of those who have come before. When Gary Ziegler acquired the initial acreage and buildings that are the core of the present day ranch half a century ago, there was perhaps an inkling of where his trajectory may have been headed, but hardly a solid plan for the manner in which his presence with the land and…