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Place of Birth: Ontario, Canada
About Joe Cosley
- Joe Cosley (born Joseph Clarence Cosley) 1870 – 1943 was a North American ranger and trapper.
- In 1910, he was one of the first rangers hired by Glacier National Park (U.S.) though he would be subsequently fired in 1911 for illegally poaching and trapping.
- Cosley regularly carved his names or initials onto the trees in the park, thus adding to his local legend.
- During his trial for poaching, Cosley escaped and returned to his camp to recover furs he still had there.
- After escaping into Canada, he sold the furs and lived out the rest of his life trapping in Canada.
- His body was found in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan after he apparently died of scurvy possibly the year before.Cosley was born in Ontario in on 25 May 1870.
- During World War I he became a highly decorated sniper.
- He died in Saskatchewan in 1943.
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