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Captain Courageous

CAPTAIN COURAGEOUS 
1963 - 1983 

THE HEROIC VOYAGE 
OF THIS CROSSBRED STEER; FLOATING 
DOWNRIVER FROM KLAMATH GLEN 
AND UP THE COAST INTO CRESCENT 
CITY HARBOR, WAS AN INSPIRATION 
TO THE FLOOD VICTIMS OF KLAMATH. 
HE EMBODIED THEIR COURAGE, 
STAMINA, AND INDOMITABLE SPIRIT. 
A LIVING MEMORIAL TO THE DISASTROUS 
FLOOD OF 1964, HE PASSED PEACEFULLY 
ON TO GREENER PASTURES IN 1983. 

ERECTED MAY 10, 1997 BY 
E CLAMPUS VITUS EUREKA CHAPTER 101 
IN MEMORY OF ANDY MCBETH 
THE "CAPTAIN'S" FINAL CARETAKER

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