Monte Wolfe
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Monte Wolfe (April 20, 1886 – c. March 7, 1940), born Archie Edwin Wright on the lands of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nations. During his lifetime he used the aliases Lone Wolf, Archie Arlingtone, E.D. McGrath, U.S. Forest Service Ranger Gorham, and his preferred alias, Monte Wolfe.
Monte Wolfe Lone Wolf of the Sierra | |
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Born | Archie Edwin Wright April 20, 1886 |
Died | After March 7, 1940 Disappeared, Mokelumne Wilderness |
Burial place | Remains not recovered |
Education | 12 years, + U.S. Aviator and Naval Training |
Occupation(s) | Pioneer Aviator, Sailor, Cowboy, Miner, notorious Mountain Guide |
Years active | 1886 - 1940 |
Known for | Colloquial association as “The Last Mountain Man of the Sierra Nevada” |
Spouse | Goldie Faye Coolidge |
Children | Goldie Ina Wright, Edwin Richard Wright, Glenn Roland Wright:, and Norman Wright |
Relatives | Thomas Wright, father Edna Cay, mother |
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His early life was characterized by repeated family homestead migrations to the Minnesota and Dakota Territories, then on to California, and Washington state. At each homestead location, the family built log cabins and barns, dug wells, and planted wheat and other crops. Skills Archie maintained throughout this life.
Pioneering post-Spanish–American War Aviator, aeroplane mechanic, and Sailor with the Great White Fleet. He was also a skilled cowboy and 20 mule teamster, a prospector and miner for gold and coal, and a lone winter fur trapper with a vast trap line that ran from Northern Yosemite to Lake Tahoe.
In his later years, he became widely known as a notorious nighttime campsite “visitor”. A ghost in the wilderness.
He was a highly skilled builder of log structures like barns, cabins, and out-structures and he worked alone. His most impressive log cabin survives, deep in the Mokelumne Wilderness to this day.