William Woodcock Sr.

SAVE0183, originally uploaded by bucklesw1. Letter to Joe Fleming 11/7/55. "He (Buckles) is six feet two and weighs close to 200 pounds. He is 21 in Feb. and is getting elephant simple as Hell. He'll see plenty of it before Spring, Dory got four little female bulls off the boat at Savannah. Three Indians and a little female African. They named the Indians Shirley, Minnie and Ione and they call the African Colonel, in honor of the notorious Col. Bill Woodcock. She is up and coming and eats everything in sight and tries to whale everyone with the show. Not long ago, Obert sold that Dixie elephant to some people named Fullbright that operate a wildlife show in the deep South. She was one of the Christy bulls."