When non-native settlers began arriving in the late 1800s, encounters became more frequent and the stories were often embellished.
In 1899, San Bernardino County began offering a $10 bounty for the scalp of a mountain lion, and the figure increased to $75 by 1928. By the early 1900s, California counties were typically offering a $20 bounty for a mountain lion. The bounty continued statewide until 1963, and it was ended in San Bernardino County in 1967.
On the light side of the interaction spectrum, a report in the Los Angeles Evening Express from Feb. 17, 1890, stated; “Henry Ems of Altadena, whose home is at the foot of the mountains, ran across a mountain lion a few days ago. Ems waived a valise [small piece of luggage] at the brute and the latter couldn’t stand such a modern salute, turned tail and fled.”
In 1942, mountain lions were still an issue, and San Bernardino County reported their predatory animal control officer had trapped a 90-pound cat above Etiwanda. The trapping was the 18th capture in his official capacity, and his 87th overall.
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