Smokey , here in Umatilla ,Fl. at the 9th annual Black Bear Fest ,2008 The Ocala National Forest is celebrating 100Years !
Umatilla , is home of the Black Bear Festival.
Hosting this every interactive event, the festival has lots of
" kids stuff ", games,a living maze,pictures with Smokie the Bear.
Music ,Lots of bear nessesities.
Black Bear roam the Ocala National Forest, and most of the US.
Teddy bears were first known as Teddy's Bears, named for President Theodore Roosevelt.They become popular after Roosevelt refused to SHOOT a young BLACK BEAR in 1902.
Umatilla, Florida, US
Telephone: 352-669-3511
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Discovered by Elizabeth Reed
on 9 May 2008.
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