He received his formal education at Buck Mountain School, which was made out of split stuff out of the woods. His father raised turkeys for a living and Harvey and his brother Ivan had the job of herding the turkeys, protecting them from varmints, so they took turns going to school one day and herding turkeys the next.
After completing his formal schooling (Buck Mountain School 1st - 8th grades), Harvey took to the woods for several years. "I was peeling tanbark, and then, cutting logs. They'd peel tanbark and use that to tan leather with. And then I worked several years way back in that back country, looking out for fires and pruning out the trails."
He worked on the Eden Valley Ranch for 12 years, moved to Missouri and raised cattle and hogs for 2 years, trained race horses in Southern California for awhile and worked on various ranches in Mendocino and Humboldt Counties.
He was a great hunter, trained his own dogs, and was known as having the best varmint dogs around. He also had excellent dogs for working with stock. Harvey was a great story teller. Telling about his many hunting experiences and he could tell a story so you could almost see it happening. He had a great sence of humor and was a real mountain man.
He received his formal education at Buck Mountain School, which was made out of split stuff out of the woods. His father raised turkeys for a living and Harvey and his brother Ivan had the job of herding the turkeys, protecting them from varmints, so they took turns going to school one day and herding turkeys the next.
After completing his formal schooling (Buck Mountain School 1st - 8th grades), Harvey took to the woods for several years. "I was peeling tanbark, and then, cutting logs. They'd peel tanbark and use that to tan leather with. And then I worked several years way back in that back country, looking out for fires and pruning out the trails."
He worked on the Eden Valley Ranch for 12 years, moved to Missouri and raised cattle and hogs for 2 years, trained race horses in Southern California for awhile and worked on various ranches in Mendocino and Humboldt Counties.
He was a great hunter, trained his own dogs, and was known as having the best varmint dogs around. He also had excellent dogs for working with stock. Harvey was a great story teller. Telling about his many hunting experiences and he could tell a story so you could almost see it happening. He had a great sence of humor and was a real mountain man.
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BRIGHTENSTINE
HARVEY FERN
1900-1984 1900-1968
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Rollo Theodore Brightenstine
1885–1932
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John Edwin Brightenstine
1887–1974
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Nettie Ena Brightenstine Ciancio
1889–1973
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Mabel Ann Brightenstine Burnham
1891–1932
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Ethel Gladys Brightenstine White
1893–1921
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Ruth Elvira "Vira" Brightenstine Fitzhugh
1895–1987
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Daisy Hazel Brightenstine Reed
1897–1985
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Ivan LeRoy Brightenstine
1902–1989
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Elden Leonard Brightenstine
1907–1996
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Frank Cecil Brightenstine
1912–1996
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