SOURCE: Birth Certificate:
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The Billings Gazette, MT. 6/6/1973
Fisherman Still Missing
Search operations of the Bighorn Lake (Yellowtail Reservoir) continued Wednesday with out results for a Billings fisherman believed drowned Saturday.
Chief Ranger James E. Lynch of the Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area said Wednesday that regular patrols are still being conducted, but no trace of George Nelson Cantrell, 55 has been found.
Mrs. Cantrell said Wednesday her husband went fishing alone on Friday and has not been heard from since.
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The Billings Gazette, MT. 6/3/1973
Empty Boat sparks search.
An empty boat on Bighorn Lake leads authorities to believe that a Billings man may have drowned Saturday in the reservoir behind Yellowtail Dam.
Rangers began searching Saturday afternoon for George N. Cantrell, 55, whose boat was found floating in a cove about a miles south of the Ok-a-beh public access area.
Arthur Sullivan superintendent of the Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area, said "we have no confirmation yet that there is an actual drowning.
Sullivan said the man left his Billings home Thursday and had not been heard of since.
When the boat was found by rangers at mid after noon Saturday, the tackle box was open and fishing line was hung over the boat and was tangled in some underwater brush holding the boat in place.
Rangers, Big Horn County Sheriff's men and Fish and Game workers patrolled the area Saturday afternoon and night searching for Cantrell and asking people in the vicinity if they'd seen him.
"But we've come to a dead end," Sullivan said.
We initiate dragging operations Sunday Morning in the area where we think the victim may have fallen in the water, ' he said.
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The Billings Gazette, MT. 6/6/1973
Fisherman Still Missing
Search operations of the Bighorn Lake (Yellowtail Reservoir) continued Wednesday with out results for a Billings fisherman believed drowned Saturday.
Chief Ranger James E. Lynch of the Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area said Wednesday that regular patrols are still being conducted, but no trace of George Nelson Cantrell, 55 has been found.
Mrs. Cantrell said Wednesday her husband went fishing alone on Friday and has not been heard from since.
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The Billings Gazette, MT. 6/3/1973
Empty Boat sparks search.
An empty boat on Bighorn Lake leads authorities to believe that a Billings man may have drowned Saturday in the reservoir behind Yellowtail Dam.
Rangers began searching Saturday afternoon for George N. Cantrell, 55, whose boat was found floating in a cove about a miles south of the Ok-a-beh public access area.
Arthur Sullivan superintendent of the Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area, said "we have no confirmation yet that there is an actual drowning.
Sullivan said the man left his Billings home Thursday and had not been heard of since.
When the boat was found by rangers at mid after noon Saturday, the tackle box was open and fishing line was hung over the boat and was tangled in some underwater brush holding the boat in place.
Rangers, Big Horn County Sheriff's men and Fish and Game workers patrolled the area Saturday afternoon and night searching for Cantrell and asking people in the vicinity if they'd seen him.
"But we've come to a dead end," Sullivan said.
We initiate dragging operations Sunday Morning in the area where we think the victim may have fallen in the water, ' he said.
SOURCE: Birth Certificate:
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The Billings Gazette, MT. 6/6/1973
Fisherman Still Missing
Search operations of the Bighorn Lake (Yellowtail Reservoir) continued Wednesday with out results for a Billings fisherman believed drowned Saturday.
Chief Ranger James E. Lynch of the Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area said Wednesday that regular patrols are still being conducted, but no trace of George Nelson Cantrell, 55 has been found.
Mrs. Cantrell said Wednesday her husband went fishing alone on Friday and has not been heard from since.
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The Billings Gazette, MT. 6/3/1973
Empty Boat sparks search.
An empty boat on Bighorn Lake leads authorities to believe that a Billings man may have drowned Saturday in the reservoir behind Yellowtail Dam.
Rangers began searching Saturday afternoon for George N. Cantrell, 55, whose boat was found floating in a cove about a miles south of the Ok-a-beh public access area.
Arthur Sullivan superintendent of the Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area, said "we have no confirmation yet that there is an actual drowning.
Sullivan said the man left his Billings home Thursday and had not been heard of since.
When the boat was found by rangers at mid after noon Saturday, the tackle box was open and fishing line was hung over the boat and was tangled in some underwater brush holding the boat in place.
Rangers, Big Horn County Sheriff's men and Fish and Game workers patrolled the area Saturday afternoon and night searching for Cantrell and asking people in the vicinity if they'd seen him.
"But we've come to a dead end," Sullivan said.
We initiate dragging operations Sunday Morning in the area where we think the victim may have fallen in the water, ' he said.
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The Billings Gazette, MT. 6/6/1973
Fisherman Still Missing
Search operations of the Bighorn Lake (Yellowtail Reservoir) continued Wednesday with out results for a Billings fisherman believed drowned Saturday.
Chief Ranger James E. Lynch of the Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area said Wednesday that regular patrols are still being conducted, but no trace of George Nelson Cantrell, 55 has been found.
Mrs. Cantrell said Wednesday her husband went fishing alone on Friday and has not been heard from since.
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The Billings Gazette, MT. 6/3/1973
Empty Boat sparks search.
An empty boat on Bighorn Lake leads authorities to believe that a Billings man may have drowned Saturday in the reservoir behind Yellowtail Dam.
Rangers began searching Saturday afternoon for George N. Cantrell, 55, whose boat was found floating in a cove about a miles south of the Ok-a-beh public access area.
Arthur Sullivan superintendent of the Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area, said "we have no confirmation yet that there is an actual drowning.
Sullivan said the man left his Billings home Thursday and had not been heard of since.
When the boat was found by rangers at mid after noon Saturday, the tackle box was open and fishing line was hung over the boat and was tangled in some underwater brush holding the boat in place.
Rangers, Big Horn County Sheriff's men and Fish and Game workers patrolled the area Saturday afternoon and night searching for Cantrell and asking people in the vicinity if they'd seen him.
"But we've come to a dead end," Sullivan said.
We initiate dragging operations Sunday Morning in the area where we think the victim may have fallen in the water, ' he said.
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