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 IN
PASSING
Nancy-Carroll Draper
 Nancy-Carroll
Draper, died peacefully in her sleep on Wednesday,
January 9, 2008, at her Slide Mountain Ranch home
along the South Fork of the Shoshone River, southwest
of Cody, Wyoming. She was 85.
Known to many people around the country as an author,
legislator, breeder and judge of Great Danes, wildlife
advocate, conservationist, cattle rancher, and
photographer, Draper was also one of the most noted
benefactors for residents of this little town just
outside Yellowstone National Park. “The Draper”—how
Cody people refer to the 55,000-square-foot natural
history museum that bears Draper’s name—opened in 2002
in a ceremony she called “the culmination of a dream.”
Nancy- Carroll Draper was born in Boston,
Massachusetts, on August 28, 1922, to Eben Sumner and
Ruth Carroll Draper. Her grandfather, Eben Sumner
Draper, Sr., served as both the Lieutenant Governor,
1906 – 1908, and Governor, 1909 – 1911, of the state
of Massachusetts. She was raised and schooled in
Charleston, South Carolina. The family had a home in
Islip, Long Island, New York, as well. In the early
1940s, the family lived in Tucson, Arizona. Before
purchasing her Wyoming ranch, she made her home in
Ridgefield, Connecticut from 1947 to 1990.
A breeder of Great Danes since 1945, Ms. Draper
authored a book on the subject, The Great Dane –
Dogdom’s Apollo. She was a recognized national and
international judge of the breed and served as the
president of the Great Dane Club of America.
Ms. Draper also traveled extensively in Europe;
Africa, including Kenya, Botswana, Tanzania, South
Africa; Australia; New Zealand; and Japan. She
authored a second book of her own photographs of
African wildlife titled On Safari – Dogs are the
Excuse.
Photo credits: Nancy-Carroll Draper, 1922 – 2008.
Photo courtesy Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody,
Wyoming. |
Thelma Gordon
 Thelma
Gordon, passed away on September 13, 2007. Mrs. Gordon
spent many years raising and showing Great Danes and
was the owner of Trabrooks Kennels. An organizer and
founding member of the Alamo Great Dane Club, she was
also a long time member of the San Antonio Kennel
Club. |
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