Clara Jensen – Sunset 1923

Clara Jensen — 1923 Sunset Article — Washington's Diana

This article, featuring Eatonville’s own Clara Jensen, appeared in Sunset Magazine in 1923.

In the article Mrs. Jensen talks about her hunting skills. Her specialty? Hunting wildcats with her 30-30 carbine and pack of thoroughbred hounds.

Article courtesy of Abbi Wonacott.

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June 17, 2011

dimettler

Eatonville to Rainier » The Dean Family (ca. 1890s) says:

June 26, 2011 at 3:39 pm

[…] First photo: Clara and Bessie Jensen stand with the family’s prized hunting dogs. Clara would go on to become quite the hunter and featured in Sunset Magazine. […]

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Eatonville to Rainier » Daniel Neilson vs. Horse (ca. 1930s) says:

August 20, 2012 at 9:03 am

[…] on the farm have a mind of their own. Daniel Neilson struggles here to get a horse into the Jensen’s cow barn. (Dale Neislon may be helping him.) The chicken coop is off the […]

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drowningbear says:

December 28, 2015 at 2:53 am

Why did they call her Washington’s Diana??

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- dimettler says:
  
  December 28, 2015 at 6:02 pm
  
  I’m not sure.
  
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- dimettler says:
  
  December 29, 2015 at 7:17 pm
  
  Oh, I think I do know. In mythology Diana is the “Goddess of the Hunt”. 🙂
  
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Eatonville to Rainier » Obituary for Clara Jensen Acuff (1907 – 2002) says:

January 2, 2017 at 9:25 pm

[…] read more about her amazing life, just click here or search Clara […]

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