Theres this place called Fosters Bighorn that I ride to and eat once in awhile and I thought I would share a few pics
Its a nice ride along the river the get there with good food to
heres a little about Mr Foster
Foster's Bighorn was established in Rio Vista in 1931 by the late William (Bill) Foster. It was designed to be a trophy haven where the public could view the animals of the world.
His interest in big game stems from the time when Foster, born in Hayward, California, worked as an apprentice in a foundry at Newark, California, under Henry Snow, the first African hunter to bring movies of African wildlife to the United States in 1918. Snows example inspired the young Foster so much that the latter was determined to see Africa. This came in 1928 when he made a big game safari to Africa, the first of many that were to take him to all parts of the world.
The elephant head is the largest mammal trophy in any collection in existence. It was the last trophy hung in this collection in 1952.
There are more than a dozen different varieties of deer and atelope, a hippopotamus, rhinoceros, lion, bear and cape buffalo. Foster shot 95% of the animals himself, in Africa, India, Greenland, Alaska, Mexicoandthe United States. It cost $4000 to mount the elephant head, $800for the giraffe, $450 for the hippopotamus, and $350 for the rhinoceros, and this was over 55 years ago.
Foster met Ernest Hemingway, noted author and hunter, on that first trip to Nairobi ... said he was quite a guy... would chase lions with a club if he had to! Foster passed on in 1963 and his wife 12 years later, leaving no family.
The collection stands as a monument to Bill Foster's lifelong interest in wild game.
Its a nice ride along the river the get there with good food to
heres a little about Mr Foster
Foster's Bighorn was established in Rio Vista in 1931 by the late William (Bill) Foster. It was designed to be a trophy haven where the public could view the animals of the world.
His interest in big game stems from the time when Foster, born in Hayward, California, worked as an apprentice in a foundry at Newark, California, under Henry Snow, the first African hunter to bring movies of African wildlife to the United States in 1918. Snows example inspired the young Foster so much that the latter was determined to see Africa. This came in 1928 when he made a big game safari to Africa, the first of many that were to take him to all parts of the world.
The elephant head is the largest mammal trophy in any collection in existence. It was the last trophy hung in this collection in 1952.
There are more than a dozen different varieties of deer and atelope, a hippopotamus, rhinoceros, lion, bear and cape buffalo. Foster shot 95% of the animals himself, in Africa, India, Greenland, Alaska, Mexicoandthe United States. It cost $4000 to mount the elephant head, $800for the giraffe, $450 for the hippopotamus, and $350 for the rhinoceros, and this was over 55 years ago.
Foster met Ernest Hemingway, noted author and hunter, on that first trip to Nairobi ... said he was quite a guy... would chase lions with a club if he had to! Foster passed on in 1963 and his wife 12 years later, leaving no family.
The collection stands as a monument to Bill Foster's lifelong interest in wild game.
