This post is comprised of a year-to-year Mark Trail History and Timeline. It serves as a complementary resource to Mark Trail Confidential, a critical assessment of the comic strip’s over seventy year run. After the timeline, readers will find descriptions of memorable characters who have been featured in the comic strip, along with a brief summary of the stories they were featured in, and the dates in which those stories were published in newspapers. Readers interested reading these stories can subscribe to newspapers.com or other newspaper archives and enter “Mark Trail” and relevant months and years in the search box to see the original comic strips.

Mark Trail History and Timeline

Ed Dodd Era

1946    Mark Trail returns home from war, meets Doc & Cherry Davis & Ben Gray Wolf.

1947    Mark meets Scotty, a boy forbidden to shoot by his grandfather, Hawkfinger.

1948    Johnny Malotte accidentally shoots Andy, who sires a litter. Scotty meets Jean.

1949    Cherry is paralyzed for months. Johnny finds his long lost wife.

1950    Bark Dudley is into supplying swan skins for high fashion.

1951    Scotty is back. What’s beneath Johnny Malotte’s new cabin.

1952    Mark leaves the Lost Forest, believing Cherry has married Jeff Crane.

1953    Mark meets his lookalike, Paul Dickson. Scotty attends Jr. Wildlife Conference.

1954    Mark and Fran Marshall flee Aktok, a deadly shaman.

1955    Scotty joins the Barkeaters.Andy is Johnny Malotte’s lead sled dog.

1956    Pat Hilley’s father hates Indians? Mark fired. Ann Blitz hunts and smokes cigars.

1957    Sue Allison and Mark solve the gold-banded duck mystery. Enter Monte Chee.

1958    Scotty likes tomboy Chris Walsh. Betty Lane dies. Sue Allison returns.

1959    Johnny Malotte launches as fishing camp to support his growing family.

1960    Scotty has a new girl, Kathy Clayton, and Miser John is overly concerned.

1961    New ranger Cliff McQueen catches Cherry’s eye. Johnny accused of murder. 

1962    Black widow Renee Prince frames Johnny. Mark Trail goes to Washington.

1963    Scotty, Kathy and Skip make a triangle. Holly Newman makes a movie.

1964    Mark dares to enter Satan’s Wallow. Mark’s cousin, Jud Hammer, is missing.

1965    Scotty falls for Johnny Malotte’s daughter, Jean.

1966    Grandma Scarlett vs. Mark and Cliff. Mark heads Discover America convoy.

1967    Ken Rainwater doesn’t want to hunt or shoot a gun.

1968    Scotty graduates from college.Cherry and Cliff McQueen become engaged.

1969    Cherry & Cliff’s wedding is delayed. Mark warns against giving whisky to Indians.

1970    Cherry’s nuptials are on hold. Scotty takes overseas job.

1971    Augusta Kingsman tends to Mark’s fever. Mark helps Button the Sea Otter.

1972    Granger Stone offers animals to hunt. Scotty takes on the Gurley Brothers.

1973    Cherry chooses Mark over Cliff. Malotte returns, then disappears for years. 

1974    Scotty Davis defies Sharon Hollister’s father, then exits for good.

1975    Mark is hired to find Rustyfinger, the missing link.

1976    Captain Williamson vexed by monkey. Enter Doc’s old flame Cora Martin.

1977    Recluse Salty Bryan keeps pet burros in the Valley of the Bones.

1978    Crazy Dan Collins talks to the animals. Jeff Hamilton wants to be a writer.

Ed Dodd and Jack Elrod Era

1979    Mimi Warren dies. Mark suspected of larceny ala 1958. Wiley Kamper fires him.

1980    Hardesty plies Eskimos with alcohol. Guerilla leader Godez kidnaps Mark.

1981    Mark rescues a boy named Rusty from his abusive uncle. Enter Kelly Welly.

1982    Bull takes Rusty’s camera. Who’s undermining the airport? Kelly shadows Mark.

1983    Mark ko’ed and left for the alligators. Old pal Ray King fakes his own death.

1984    Mark deals with smugglers, Kelly Welly, and black widow Toni Royal (déjà vu).  

1985    Rusty’s Uncle Joe returns and kidnaps him. Kelly follows Mark to Alaska.

1986    Enter Dusty Rhodes. Henry, a dog, inherits. Neal Moore’s in witness protection.

1987    Elderly animal lover Inez Webb resists a nursing home and catches Doc’s eye.

1988    Kelly sabotages a wilderness trip, just like Sue Allison (1958).

1989    Andy helps Lucy the Bear. New forest ranger Dave Sanders falls for Cherry.

1990    Slasher the Boar wreaks havoc. Sting Ray KO’s Mark, leaving him to the sharks.   

1991    Kelly Welly makes a Lost Forest movie with Cherry, ala Holly Newman (1963).               

Jack Elrod Solo Era

1992    Mark goes undercover and busts Rocky Rivers. Enter Popeye the Parrot. 

1993    Mark has amnesia, again. Mark and Cherry marry and adopt Rusty.

1994    Mark exposes a marijuana farm and solves the goose mystery, ala 1957.    

1995    Mark is hired to find a monster (again). Hawk takes Rusty’s camera, ala 1982.

1996    Exec uses wilderness trek to pick successor. Tony Lane also wants to be a writer.

1997    Mark rescues Johnny’s pregnant niece (ala 1966). In Africa, Mark finds poachers!

1998    Cherry and Kelly uncover a drug smuggling ring.

1999    Andy must choose between a family who adopted him and Mark.

2000    Doc Davis is reunited with the secretive Martha Mays.

2001    Andy injured defending cat. Mark forgoes conference but gets an award (again).

2002    Moss Moses’ a drunk. Kelly’s in witness protection. Samantha, a cat, inherits.

2003    Amanda Moore is a mysterious young girl who’s good with an ax.

2004    After a divorce, Bill Ellis goes on cruise (just like 1976), this time with Kelly Welly.

2005    Barracuda also KO’s Mark, leaving him to sharks. A diamond-studded dog collar?

2006    Enter wildlife ranger Rick Rogers, who captures Kelly Welly’ romantic interest.

2007    Buzzard also undermines an airport. Johnny M starts a fishing camp (again).

2008    Mark searches for Andy and Kelly makes a movie with Cherry (both again).

2009    Patty is attached to a baby deer. Criminals take Rusty’s camera (again).

2010    Mark scuttles the game meat scheme of the Parker Brothers.

2011    Mark finds John Thrasher. Goose mystery redux. Tommy Smith has a blind dog.

2012    Rangerfinds marijuana field (again). Enter new black widow, same scheme.

2013    Enter Catfish. Otto Chavez also kidnaps Mark. Enter Dusty Rhodes (again).

James Allen Era

2014    Marlin poaches sea turtles. Mark heads to Africa. Enter Chris “Dirty” Dyer.

2015    Mark and Mississippi Ken Hale discover cobalt-60 canisters in sunken freighter.

2016    Gabriel Chavira, Carina and Mark get trapped in the Cave of the Dead.

2017    Dirty Dyer has a score to settle. Enter Mark’s associate, Johnny Lone Elk.

2018    Dusty Rhodes helps round up escaped circus animals. Dirty Dyer still schemes.

2019    Dirty Dyer gains allies. Prof. Harvey Camel and Mark search for the Yeti.

Jules Rivera Era

2020    Mark has a secret from his past. Kelly Welly may just discover it.

Mark Trail Family:

Andy. Mark’s loyal, resilient and fierce-when-he-needs-to-be Saint Bernard dog. Originally Dr. Tom Davis’s pet, the zoologist loaned him to the war effort. Andy saved Mark’s life in World War II. After the war, Trail traveled to the Lost Forest to try and buy the dog from Doc. Davis naturally refused, but Trail ended up moving to the wilderness retreat and two men essentially shared custody. Andy has had many life-or-death struggles, several romances of his own, and frequent inter-species friendships throughout the narrative, including involvement with a she-wolf named Keeta in 1948 and another dog named Wanda in 1963. Sadly, the canine Casanova was neutered in 2000. 4/15/46-present.

Cherry Davis Trail. Daughter of zoologist Tom Davis and Mark’s chief romantic interest from the start. Cherry encourages Mark to kiss her, only to dash his excitement with the news that she engaged to Ranger Bob Woody, a man she doesn’t love but to whom she feels deep loyalty to because of the help he’s been to her family. Woody backs out of the picture early in 1947, but Cherry has a lot of suitors in the ensuing years. Cherry is partially paralyzed for a time in 1949. Mark leaves the Lost Forest in 1952, believing Cherry has married Jeff Crane. In 1961, Sgt. Cliff McQueen comes to replace an aging but beloved ranger but soon wins Cherry over to become the first real obstacle to Cherry and Mark’s relationship. In 1968, Cherry and Cliff become engaged but their marriage ends up needing to be postponed and finally put on hold in 1970. Cherry and Mark take in a waif named Rusty in 1981. The two ultimately marry in 1993. Cherry is fierce, principled, but capable of passion and fits of temper in the early years of their relationship. But Cherry grows increasingly conservative and domestic as she falls in committed love with Mark and even more so once they married. She shows considerable more independence and initiative, shown running an active gardening business in 2020. 4/17/46-9/46, 12/46-3/47, 7/10/47-10/47, x/48-present.

Tom “Doc” Davis. An accomplished zoologist, Davis decided the best way to study animals was to live amidst them. In order to do so, he bought property in a beautiful wilderness area, christening it Lost Forest and establishing an animal sanctuary in the process. Davis has two children, Cherry anda younger son who embezzled money from his animal sanctuary prior to the start of the narrative, leaving him unable to pay a tax burden of two thousand dollars at the time of Mark’s arrival. His son is never shown in the narrative. Davis is a widower and only has an occasional romance over the years, including Cora Martin in 1976 and Martha Mays in 2000. 4-24-46-present.

Scotty Quick/Davis. The grandson of the nature-hating Hawkfinger, Scotty is drawn to Mark due to his abiding interest in all of the outdoorsy activities his grandfather the Hawkfinger forbids. It is only when young Scotty shoots and kills a wolverine about to attack him that his grandfather relents. Later in 1948, Scotty meets Johnny Malotte and makes friends with his daughter Marie who visits him in turn in 1949. In 1951, Scotty is featured in a boat race storyline and again in 1953 when he attends a Junior Wildlife Conference. Sometime in the fifties, it appears Scotty was adopted by Tom Davis as he begins to be referenced as Scotty Davis rather than Scotty Quick. In 1955, Scotty is part of a boy’s “Barkeaters” group that goes camping with Mark and an overly protected boy named Fonville Manley. In 1956 Scotty helps Cherry take care of a blind colt named Fritz. In 1957, Scotty is concerned over beaver habitat. Later that year, clearly a teenager, Scotty is interested in a tomboy named Chris Walsh, the only child of a successful gun manufacturer, but complications arise when Lynda, her more feminine cousin arrives.

Over the length of the narrative, Scotty grows from a pre-adolescent boy to a young man in his twenties. In 1960, now in college, he brings home a girl named Kathy Clayton to meet Mark and Cherry which leads to Kathy meeting her long lost father in Alaska. By 1963, Scotty’s grades go down because of his infatuation with Kathy but he now has a rival in Skip Henning. Emerging as something of a womanizer in the making, Scotty is attracted to Johnny Malotte’s daughter, Jean, during a 1965 dog sled race, but he is soon shown playing the field. In 1966, Scotty joins Mark in the Discovering America, including rebel mechanic Croom Hardin and his girl, the engaging Winkie Starr. Scotty graduates from college in 1968 and has his first job transferring a deer herd to Buccaneer Island.

In 1969, he is dating Cynthia Mason and in his effort to catch alligator poachers wins over her father to the cause, despite his gift of alligator hide shoes for a birthday gift gets their relationship off to a rough start. In 1970, Scotty is excited about his new job with the International Wildlife Commission, not to mention “the chicks working in the home office.” In 1974, Scotty is back in the states, romancing aspiring actress Sharon Hollister against the wishes of her father, who holds a grudge against Mark. The car salesman is won over when Scotty rescues Sharon. Scotty is last seen in 1975 connecting Mark with Winston Treadway who wants to him to go into the mountains to solve the Rustyfinger mystery. 10/20/47-4/48, 8/48-10/48, 4/49-8/49, 7/50, 3/51-8/51, 12/51, 5/52-6/52, 12/52-6/53, 1/54-2/54,  5/54, 4/55, 8/55-10/55, 4/16/56-7/14/56, 3/23/57-5/57, 11/11/57-1/25/58, 7/4/60-10/10/60, 2/6/63-4/63, 1/65-4/65, 6/29/66-11/16/66, 1/68-4/68,  2/8/69-5/13/69, 12/69-3/70, 10/70, 8/2/72-10/13/72, 7/17/74-8/30/74, 6/30/75-7/5/75.

Rusty Wilson Trail. Emotionally vulnerable boy who Mark takes under his wing in 1981 upon learning that Rusty’s uncle, Joe Dobbs, is an abusive alcoholic. Rusty was left in his uncle’s care after his father and mother—Dobb’s sister—were killed in an auto accident.  While with his uncle he takes in a puppy he names Sassy much to his uncle’s displeasure. Dobbs abandons Rusty not long after, prompting Mark, Cherry and Doc to take him and Sassy in. In 1982 Rusty shows an interest in photography and asks Mark to teach him. He inadvertently takes a picture of Bull and his criminal colleague leading them to fear the film will tie them to their crimes. When Rusty stumbles on their hideout the boy is in deadly peril. This scenario is echoed in subtly different ways three more times in the narrative. Rusty is very happy in the Lost Forest until Dobbs, having spent the last few years as a merchant seaman, sees an old article in a magazine mentioning Mark’s mentoring of Rusty. Thinking he might make a quick buck, he threatens Mark saying he’ll retake custody of Rusty unless Trail pays him $50,000. When Mark refuses, Dobbs kidnaps Rusty and seek ransom money. A fist to the jaw dispatches Dobbs who is arrested for kidnapping. Mark and Cherry formally adopt Rusty when they marry in 1993.  9/1/81-present.

Mark Trail Friends and Associates:

Ranger Bob Woody. Cherry’s fiancé, a park ranger who unbeknownst to Doc Davis borrowed money to replace the funds that his son embezzled. In love with Cherry, his generous act led her to accept his proposal of marriage even though she was only fond of him. Once Woody realized Cherry was in love with Mark Trail, he nobly stepped aside and accepted a ranger job at Yellowstone. 6/19/46-9/46, 12/46-1/7/47.

Bill Ellis. Editor of Woods and Wildlife magazine, the man who assigns Mark the stories that send across the continent. 9/46, 3/47, and regularly thereafter. In 1975 he marries wealthy heiress Cynthia Blackman and the newly married couple share a cruise with Mark and Cherry. In 2004, Ellis is in the process of divorcing Cynthia and briefly dates Kelly Welly.

Sgt. “Dub” Glenn. Full name and title, Sgt. Walter Wingate Glenn of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Dub is old pal of Mark’s, the brother of Laura, and it emerges a friend of fellow Canadian Johnny Malotte . Sporting a stylish trim mustache, Dub plays a major role in his first two appearances and subsequently primarily plays the role of the law. 9/14/46-12/46, 6/7/50-10/2/50, 11/4/55, 11/12/61-2/19/62.

Ben Gray Wolf. Native American guide and long-time friend of Trail’s. Ben assists Mark in helping the Glenns and then tells a white lie to Cherry to get her jealous of Laura Glenn to make her “like Mark all the more,” he muses to himself. “Ben knows how to marry women. In 1947, he helps Mark prove that Andy hasn’t turned killer and together they capture the mountain lion that’s the real culprit. Later in 1947, Ben assists Cherry as she prepares for a cross country race with Meridy Malone but is badly injured during the race. Cherry takes valuable time to get Ben to a hospital but still manages to win the race. Ben isn’t seen thereafter. 9/24/46-3/7/47, 7/10/47-9/12/47.

The Hawkfinger. Aka, Martin Quick, Scotty Davis’ wealthy grandfather. Wheelchair bound with a full white beard, the Hawkfinger is known for his kind disposition, his extensive gun collection, but paradoxically his hatred of all things hunting and the outdoors. Mark takes the chance of training Scotty to shoot, hoping it will bring Quick’s secret to light. It is finally a newspaper article that reveals how Quick was a renown hunter known as Hawkfinger for his exceptional trigger finger. But a stray gunshot, hits Quick and paralyzes him from the waist down resulting in his irrational hatred of hunting and the outdoors. It is only when Scotty is able to shoot and kill a wolverine about to attack his grandfather that changes his perspective. He subsequently turns over his land to make it a resting area for ducks and geese and opens it to hunting. He largely disappears from the narrative thereafter, Scotty spending more and more of his time in the Lost Forest. 9/27/47, 1/3/48, 4/6/48-4/7/48.

Johnny Malotte. French-Canadian trapper who lives and works in Northern climes at Beaver Lake. He is confident to the point of cockiness, claiming to be the strongest man in the North Country, but he is also devoted to his family and gently chastises Mark for not settling down with Cherry. When first seen, Malotte is apparently a single father to Jean, though it emerges in 1949 that his presumed dead wife Marie is actually alive and held captive by the sinister Captain Saddle. Once reunited, Johnny and Marie continue to procreate, and each new appearance in the narrative seems marked by a new child or two. In 1951, a story revolves around Johnny needing to build a new cabin for his growing family. In 1952, Malotte struggles in an adventure alone. In 1953, Mark travels up North to help out when Marie is pregnant and thus Johnny and she are unable to check in on her ill father. She ends up giving birth to twins. In 1955, Malotte hosts a dog sled competition in which Andy serves as lead dog. In 1957, Johnny joins Mark and rival feature writer Sue Allison in investigating the gold banded duck mystery. In 1958, with Marie pregnant again, Mark travels up North to help Johnny add another room to his cabin, leaving Andy feeling neglected. In 1959, Johnny has bought a fishing camp to better support his every growing family.

In 1961, Malotte is falsely accused of the murder of Renee Prince’s husband with whom he had been seen arguing with earlier. In actuality it was Renee who arranged for the murder and cleverly used the public argument as a convenient method to frame Malotte. In 1966, he is in a drama with his pregnant niece needing to get to the hospital. Johnny and Marie capped their family off at nine children, drama apparently moving on into the next generation. In 1969, a newly married couple come to go on a fishing trip at Johnny’s camp but an injury forces Mark to take over for him. In 1973, Johnny and two of his teen-aged sons assist Mark in a wilderness rapids canoe trip in Echo Canyon, but the Malottes only play a minor role in this drama concerning Senator Casper and his spoiled daughter Peg. After 1973, any appearance by Malotte in the narrative is in a recycled story. 1/19/48-6/4/48, 3/29/49-6/28/49, 8/17/51-11/30/51, 2/11/52-5/7/52, 8/53-9/53 & 2/3/54-2/12/54, 11/7/55-1/19/56, 8/5/57-11/7/57 (banded duck mystery), 6/19/58, 4/15/59-7/2/59, 10/61-2/22/62 (black widow story), 1/65-4/65, 4/66, 11/66-1/67 (pregnant niece story), 6/68-8/68, 5/13/69-5/31/69, 9/21/73-11/13/73, 7/28/94-10/94 (banded duck/goose mystery revised), 1/29/97-2/97-5/5/97 (pregnant niece story again), 10/29/07-12/14/07 & 3/4/08-3/7/08 (black widow story again), 8/10/11-12/24/11 (banded goose mystery again).

Jean Malotte. Johnny’s daughter, a mere girl when first appearing. She and Scotty meet in 1948, both just kids, and vow to stay in touch. Jean comes for an extended visit to the Lost Forest in 1949. Jean is an attractive teen-ager by the mid-sixties, once again catching Scotty’s eye during a dog sled race. In 1966 Scotty asks Mark to “tell that cute Jean I said hello” when Mark announces he’ll be going up North to visit the Malottes. 2/12/48-6/4/48, 4/49-7/49, 1/65-4/65, referenced 11/16/66, likely others.

Marie Malotte. Johnny’s wife, missing and presumed dead shortly after the birth of Marie. Johnny only discovers she is alive when she is discovered the “wife” of the nefarious Captain Saddle. Thereafter, Marie is primarily seen as a supportive wife and the mother of an ever enlarging brood of children. She had nine children at last count. 6/1/49-6/28/49, various thereafter.

Paul Dickson. Dickson is Mark’s perfect lookalike. Dickson was inexplicably missing during the serious illness of his fiancé, Marilyn King. Mark is asked by Marilyn’s father and physician to pretend to be Mark to revive her spirits. Paul then reappears. Filled in by Mark as to what he’s said to Marilyn in the past several weeks, Paul resumes his romance with Marilyn. 12/9/52-3/11/53.

Pat Hilley. A nurse who provides medical services to an impoverished Indian tribe. She is bewildered by the acute animosity her father has for Indians, calling them “a worthless, shiftless, no good lot.” Her father never chooses to reveal the reasons for his animosity until she learns hehates Indians because he mistakenly believes his wife left him when she discovered he was part-Indian. She died in a snowslide shortly after. Mr. Hilley’s cousin was John Walking Away who recently thought he was dying and as a result revealed some secret details to Mark. It emerges that Pat’s mother remained in love with her husband for the entirety of her life. 1/56-4/11/56.

Ann Blitz. Blitz is a cigar smoking grandmother who hunts, rides and shoots a rifle “like a man.” Nearly seventy, she has contributed many expensive “animal groups” from her hunting enterprise in Alaska. She hires Mark after his firing by Watterson Mills, the new publisher of Woods and Wildlife magazine. She openly admires Mark’s looks, later telling her three attractive granddaughters that Trail is “one of those homely handsome men” and that “if you don’t start fighting over him the minute you meet him you should all have your heads examined!” A tough businesswoman, her life and by association Mark’s, is at risk by the disgruntled Cap Decker. Blitz’ granddaughter DeeDee stows away in the Eskimo Queen that is carrying a cargo of valuable furs. Mrs. Blitz 9/3/56-12/56, DeeDee 10/10/56-2/9/57.

Monte Chee. Well educated Navaho young man who, along with Trail and Doc, solves the mystery of the “ghost lion” and the death of sheep prophesized by the tribal shaman Big Walker. It emerges that Big Walker has actually been poisoning the sheep to fulfill his prophesy and thus maintain power in the tribe. Monte gives Mark a necklace that has an inscribed gold band that was found on the leg of duck, which leads into the mystery of the gold-banded duck (see Sue Allison). 5/20/57-7/23/57.

Sue Allison. Ambitious feature writer for Ladies Day magazine who wants to expand her range by scooping Mark Trail in the emerging mystery of a duck who had been marked with a gold band that was inscribed with “Luke 6.31” (the Golden Rule verse) and a Ojibway symbol that meant “The Great Spirit is Everywhere.” The search takes Trail and Allison to Northwest Canada where they are joined by Johnny Malotte. Their efforts are secretly stymied by a Ranger named Sgt. McHugh and his dog Major. It turns out that the man who bands ducks with golden rings is called Little Father and is the ranger’s father who lives in a secret wilderness retreat and with a certain whimsy tries to spread good will with the inscriptions. Trail, Malotte and Allison all agree to keep his secret and his hidden paradise safe. In spite of herself, Sue finds herself smitten with Mark. When the story is retold in 1994 and 2011, the role of Sgt. McHugh is taken by Ranger McQueen and the parent he’s protecting is his mother. The role of Sue Allison is taken by the equally ambitious Kelly Welly. Similarly, Sue returns for a wilderness trek celebrating the Minnesota Centennial, accompanied by another rival of Mark’s, Barry Wall, roving editor for All Outdoors. Barry is injured rescuing Sue from a charging moose, which happened due to her poor judgment. In the end, Sue twists the story to make herself the heroine. When the story is retold in 1988, Sue’s role is once again taken by Kelly Welly.  7/30/57-11/7/57, 6/21/58-9/13/58.

Chris Walsh. Pretty tomboy of high school age who wears her blonde hair short, the only daughter of a successful gun manufacturer. Her father wished for a boy and treats Chris like one, giving her a hunting knife for her birthday, an action that results in tears. When Mark and Scotty Davis arrive for an extended visit, Chris begins to have feelings for him as she teaches him how to “duck” shoot. Complications arise when Chris’ more feminine cousin, Lynda, arrives and initially catches Scotty’s eye. But by the time of a dance, Scotty is with Chris and promises to stay in touch. So far as the narrative is concerned, he doesn’t. 11/7/57-1/25/58

Kathy Clayton. Pretty blonde student at State University and girlfriend for a time of Scotty who brings her home for a visit which turns into a vacation in Alaska. There Mark, Scotty and Kathy encounter a bearded hermit named Miser John who takes an immediate interest in Kathy. It ultimately emerges that Miser John is actually Ben Clayton, her father. Ben faked his own death so his wife would get the life insurance money to pay for surgery Kathy needed to be able to walk. His secret revealed, his miserly ways have allowed him to save up enough money to pay back the insurance company. Mark accompanies him and convinces the insurance company not to press charges. Ben can get reacquainted with Kathy, who returns to school with Scotty. She returns two years later, now in a romantic triange with Scotty and their mutual friend, a cocky but decent young man named Skip Henning. Kathy is not seen choosing between them, but it is telling that she disappears from the narrative. 7/4/60-10/10/60, 2/6/63-7/6/63.

Cliff/Doug McQueen. In later appearance, his first name is also given as Doug and Steve. McQueen first appears in the narrative as a new ranger, handsome brown-haired but somewhat rigid and by the book. His courage isn’t in question, nor is his affection for Cherry. Cliff is the first credible rival for Cherry’s affection. The two were engaged in 1968 and would have married were it not for a raging forest fire to which the ranger had to attend. When he is knocked unconscious, Mark rescues him by helicopter. Mark leaves, assuming Cliff and Cherry will marry when he recovers from his injuries. Mark only learns a year later that Cliff’s mother had a stroke which necessitated his moving away and taking another job to take care of her, thus putting Cherry and his wedding plans indefinitely on hold. By 1973, their romance had decidedly cooled, the two going on a date but Cherry later dismissing him to Mark as “a nice guy, but…” After 1973, McQueen is only featured in recycled stories which nonetheless provide new details about his life. McQueen ends up as the park ranger in the same region as Johnny Malotte, adopting a female dog named Princess. In 1994, in arguably the most complex narrative of the comic strip Trail, Malotte, and Kelly Welly all become involved in solving the mystery of a golden band with an inscribed Bible verse that Mark found on a wounded goose. The creator of the golden band turns out to be McQueen’s mother who lives in a secret wilderness hideaway where she tends to wounded birds. For an earlier 1957 version of this story with a different ranger and different female feature writer, see Sue Allison. 7/27/61-10/24/61, 2/66, 5/66-6/66, 12/68-2/69, referenced 3/70, 3/73, 7/94-10/94 (goose mystery), 11/26/07-12/6/07 & 2/23/08-3/3/08 (black widow story again), 8/23/11-12/24/11 (goose mystery again).

Jud Hammer. Apparently a cousin of Mark’s, the son of his Aunt Martha who helped Mark through school. Aunt Martha appears with Jud’s fiancé as Jud has disappeared after severe earthquakes in Alaska, where Jud was working on environmental matters concerning otters. Jud apparently lost his memory. A nefarious fellow named Ruff wants to insure Mark doesn’t find him because he hopes to profit on poaching the otters. The handsome, bespectacled fellow regains his memory and Mark helps save the otters and reunites Jud with his family. 7/24/64-11/18/64.

Ken Rainwater. Ken doesn’t want to hunt because of a fear of guns. His wife is disappointed in him. Matter is resolved when she shames him into manning up. “I reminded him how his father loved guns… how terribly disappointed he would be of Ken’s fear!” 5/67-8/67.

Pokey. A ranch hand at politically ambitious Granger Stone’s nearby ranch. He is good hearted and well liked by Mark and stays on after Stone’s death to help his widow. 1/72-3/72, 7/72.

Cynthia Blackman Ellis. A wealthy woman in her own right after her father leaves her a fortune and a yacht. She marries Jim Ellis in the summer of 1975 and the new married couple invite Mark and Cherry on an ill-fated cruise involving Captain Williamson, the smuggler they unknowingly hire to captain the yacht. On 8/2/04, a reference is made to Cynthia and Bill getting a divorce. 12/27/75-3/13/76.

Salty Bryan. A recluse, Bryan keeps burros as pets in his retreat in the desert called the Valley of the Bones. Others see the burros as pests that should be killed. Bryan receives help from an older woman and accomplished painter, Mrs. Britt, who only asks if she may paint Bryan’s portrait. 5/9/77-8/9/97.

Crazy Dan Collins. Thought crazy by townsfolk because animals flock to him and he talks to them in turn, some seek to prove him incompetent so that they can take his land. But the children, who love him and the animals he befriends, come to his defense during his competency hearing. 1/28/78-4/25/78.

Jeffrey Hamilton. The adult son of a very successful businessman, Hamilton wants to be a writer like Mark rather than take over the family business. Frustrated, his father gives him enough money to live on for a year to see if he can make a living writing. But when hearing his son is building a cabin in the wilderness to live in he hires someone to burn it down. Jeff’s father later confesses and finally accepts his son’s choice of profession. Many years later, in 1996, a young man named Tony Lane has the same dream and hisbusinessman father attempts to thwart it in precisely the same way. Jeffrey Hamilton 7/8/78-11/1/78, Tony Lane 4/22/96-8/30/96.

Mimi Warren. Accomplished actress Mimi Warren’s private plane crashes in the mountains during the winter, along with a treasure trove of jewelry. Trail is sent to find and rescue her, but he arrives too late. Knowing she is dying, she gives Mark a pair of her diamond earrings in gratitude. But when authorities find Mark in possession of the earrings, they believe he stole the rest of the jewels and charge him with grand larceny. The pilot of the plane, who helps frame Mark, turns out to be the culprit. 2/22/79-5/25/79.

Dusty Rhodes. Experienced game warden who appears twice in the narrative in similar storylines. In 2014, he helps Mark round up circus animals who have gotten loose. 3/3/86-5/9/86,9/13-10/13, 5/5/14-5/24/14, 1/25-18-4/14/18.

Inez Webb. An animal loving older woman who is resisting her daughter and son-in-law’s efforts to put her in a nursing home in order to sell off some of her valuable property. Mark and Doc help thwart the plan and Inez decides to turn her property into a wildlife sanctuary instead. Inez and Doc clearly enjoy each other’s company. 2/11/87-4/18/87.

Dave Sanders. Handsome young forest ranger who replaces sixty-something Bob Moore who has been forced into retirement. Sanders is ambitious and by the books in a way different than Mark might handle things. While Mark is off on one of his many assignments he tries to romance Cherry. And after Mark has rescues him from some poachers that have tied him up, he confides in Mark his intention to ask Cherry to marry him. But upon their return to the Lost Forest, Cherry embraces Mark and Sanders quietly gives up his plan. 4/20/89-9/23/89.

Martha Mays. An old female friend of Doc, who moves nearby with her adult son Ronnie, ostensibly to raise Arabian stallions but actually to smuggle drugs into the country. It emerges that her “late” husband is actually still alive and held by kidnappers who are forcing Martha and Ronnie to do their bidding. 7/00-12/00.

Amanda Moore. Mysterious little girl who is good with an axe and who never knew her father. It emerges that a wilderness guide named Joe Cobb is actually Adam Moore, Amanda’s father who had to disappear into a witness protection program. 3/03-5/03.

Rick Rogers. Forest ranger friend of Trail’s, “Ricky” is romanced by Kelly Welly. 6/06-8/06, 11/06.

Samantha “Sam” Hill. Beautiful, dark-haired animal biologist whom Mark assists in efforts at protecting an airport from potentially catastrophic bird strikes. It is clear that Sam is attracted to Mark, calling his wife a “lucky woman.” 5/07-8/07.

John Thrasher. Handsome young bearded mountain man who seeks isolation after the PTSD he suffered during a distinguished military career. His father, Dr. Ben Thrasher hires Mark to find him. John only talks to animals until Mark reconnects him to human contact. 4/18/11-7/22/11.

Tommy Smith. A trainer of hunting dogs, Smith is saddened when one of them goes blind. But it turns out Butch can still help hunt and help foil a bad guy to boot. 12/31/11-3/23/12.

Abby Powell. Scientist who works for the Department of Agriculture and specializes in invasive species. Abby is blonde, slender and wears glasses and her hair short. Mark calls on her expertise on two occasions. In an extended adventure, Mark and Abby investigate invasive species of fire ants in Hawaii and end up fleeing an erupting volcano. 4/13/15, 6/27/16-1/15/17.

“Mississippi” Ken Hale. An old friend of Mark’s who lives in Florida along the Gulf, Hale is bearded and wears his long hair in a pony tail. His wife is known as Foxylocks Kelly, and spends her time rescuing orphaned squirrels, rabbits, and other animals. Hale calls on Mark’s help when, while fishing for tiger sharks, he catches one covered with sores and legions. In investigating the matter, while diving off the coast, Mark discovers radioactive canisters of cobalt-60 in a sunken freighter. 6/17/15-11/28/15.

Dr. Leslie Joyce. An attractive dark-haired biology professor who is associated with a theme park named Waterworld. Mark and Leslie have an unarticulated relationship in which he apparently caused her considerable vexation. 8/27/15-8/29/15, 6/24/17-6/28/17.

Dr. Gabriel Chavira. Mexican-American scholar whose area of expertise are bats. When Mark and Gabriel happen upon human smugglers on the border, the smugglers blow up the cave entrance the two men and an assistant name Carina are inside. The cave is ominously known as the Cave of the Dead and the three are trapped there for some time. 12/14/15-6/25/16.

Johnny Lone Elk. A member of the Sioux nation, Johnny has a long black hair and a five o’clock shadow. He sometimes assists Mark with photography for his stories when Mark’s in the area. Referenced 2/18/17, appeared 5/17/17-12/14/17.

Professor Harvey Camel. An anthropologist and explorer specializing in investigating the basis for legendary creatures, Camel can be abrasive and is preoccupied with feeding his social media empire devoted to that enterprise. Mark joins him the mountains of Kathmandu to try and find the mythical Yeti. Along the way its revealed that Camel lost a leg in the past. Camel appears to die in an avalanche, his dream of finding the Yeti never achieved. 9/23/19-2/22/20.

Mark Trail Notable Antagonists:

Bark Dudley. One of Trail’s more persistent foes, Dudley is a poacher who maintains a sizable group of minions. He appears to specialize in providing skins that will be used by the fashion industry, namely swan skins and then seal skins. 3/14/50-10/2/50.

Barracuda and Birdie. An attractive criminal husband and wife team, Barracuda is a non-descript taxidermist by day and a cocaine smuggler by night who hides his product inside mounted fish that he then mails to “customers”. He attempts to murder Mark by KO’ing him and dumping his body in shark invested waters in an effort to keep his operation a secret. Birdie is his collaborator who tends to wounded birds as a pastime. See Sting Ray for another taxidermist with an earlier and remarkably similar scheme. 11/1/04-2/05.

Barton McBlane. Unscrupulous businessman who wants to buy the Lost Forest as he has learned there are “immense gold deposits in its streams.” He orders his men to shoot any grizzlies that Trail attempts to take photos of to insure he doesn’t win a contest that would allow him to pay off some of Doc Davis’ debts. When that attempt fails, he hires men to set fire to the forest in hopes that he can burn Davis off the land. He chief henchman is named Brandy Johnson. 5/46-7/46.

Black John. Dark bearded head of a band of fur pirates, he is exceptionally strong and nearly breaks Mark’s back in a bear hug. Hungry for companionship but not keen on courtship, Black John is “given” a kidnapped girl named Laura Glenn for a prospective bride. Black John also beat Andy to insure that his canine Brute would win a dog fight he held for the entertainment of his men. The fur pirate apparently dies when he is buried in a snowslide. 10/46-12/46.

Bull and his Associate. In 1982, a pair of poachers are inadvertently caught in a photo taken byRusty, who has taken in interest in Mark’s profession and is given a camera. Bull, a rather menacing bald man, and his unnamed associate unsuccessfully try to buy the camera from him, fearing the film inside could be used to later identify and incriminate them. Later, Rusty and his pet dog Sassy happen upon their hideout and the crooks discover him inside their cabin. Rusty gets away but drops Sassy in his haste. Bull and his associate then threaten to kill Sassy unless Rusty comes out of hiding. Mark soon comes to the rescue. In subsequent years, nearly the exact same series of events unfold on three different occasions with a different pair of criminals each time but including the same accidental incriminating photo and threat to kill poor Sassy of Rusty doesn’t give himself up. On two occasions Mark rescues Rusty and on the other two a gun-toting Cherry does. Bull and unnamed companion (1982), Hawk and unnamed companion (1995), Bank Robbers (2009), Bob Turner and Hank Johnson 1/25/12-3/23/12.

Burt Martin. Along with his son Billy, Martin is willing to shoot to kill to defend his illegal marijhana farm that Mark and Cherry happen upon on their honeymoon. His niece Sue Anne is an innocent. 12/15/93-2/23/94

Buzzard. Stocky, overall wearing opportunist who doesn’t hesitate to release the game birds he’s raised at a local airport knowing it could result in leathal air strikes, all at the behest of a local businessman who has reasons to see the airport fail so a new one might be built on land that he owns. This is remarkably similar to a scheme executed in 1982 by a pair of unscrupulous county commissioners. 5/07-8/07.

Captain Saddle. Nefarious Canadian general store owner who refers to “filthy Indians,” seeks to deny them needed medicine and who has taken the presumed missing Marie Malotte as his wife.  His chief henchman is an Eskimo named Alak.  A remarkably similar scheme is executed in 1980 by a man named Hardesty. 4/49-6/25/49.

Catfish. Unscrupulous roughneck who facilitated the fishing contest victory of Rod Bassy, an associate by hooking fish underwater. He hates Trail and kidnapped his adoptive son, Rusty. 1/13-4/13.

Chris “Dirty” Dyer. The closest thing Mark Trail has for an arch villain. Trail first meets Dyer as a friend of Lori Tompkins while in Africa doing a story on the poaching of rhinos. Dyer, who is unemployed, has a bad gambling problem that pushes him into serving as a middle man for an illicit trade in rhino tusks. Lori invites Mark on a safari she and Chris were going on during which Dyer was planning on retrieving rhino horn from poachers. Dyer is unhappy over Mark’s presence and doubly so when Lori rejects his advances and shows interest in Mark. Even so, he asks Mark to call him “Dirty,” as “all my friends do.” When Mark discovers the tusks in Dyer’s jeep, Dyer easily knocks Mark down and is about to kill him with his knife when Taurus, the African guide, rescues him. Dyer flees, but ironically a herd of rhinos attack his jeep. Dyer sustains apparently fatal injuries and a doctor tells Trail he died. Three years later it is clear this was not the case, when Dyer appears with an eyepatch and scarring on that side of his face. As he readies to board a plane out of Africa, he muses over the score he has to settle. Over the next two years Dirty is seen getting into top physical condition in preparation for when he takes on Trail again, obtaining weapons from an arms dealer and making an alliance with two other criminals to further his revenge scheme. One of them is the arms dealer and mercenary, one Manuel Blanco Romasanta Smith, and the other is a fellow named Semo, who connects Dyer with Smith and who specializes in “numbers, forging passports, and legal details.” Dyer identifies his own speciality as “talents as a smuggler and tracker.” While the narrative never details the execution of his revenge plot against Trail, it’s clear he would have been a formidable enemy. 6/17/14-9/18/14, 2/18/17-2/24/17, 11/29/17-12/23/17, 4/16/18-4/25/18, 2/19/3/14/19, referenced 9/13/19.

Godez. Leader of a band of guerrilla fighters somewhere in Latin America, Godez apparently funds his operation by kidnapping wealthy Americans and seeking ransom for them. While he is on a fishing trip with his editor, Jim Ellis, Mark is kidnapped by Godez and Ellis is released to obtain the ransom. Unfortunately, the publisher of Woods and Wildlife, Wiley Kamper refuses to pay the ransom. Godez considers killing Trail but has a change of heart when Trail saves his life. When Ellis finally arrives with the money, Cherry has mortgaged the Hidden Forest to do so, Godez refuses to take it and releases Mark who wishes him well. Two decades later, a guerrilla leader named Otto Chavez kidnaps Mark, holds him ransom, and has a change of heart after Mark rescues him, exactly as happened with Godez. Godez 6/80-9/6/80; Otto Chavez 10/13/12-1/11/13.

Grandma Scarlett. Ostensibly a no-nonsense owner of a roadside diner, the hefty, gray-haired Grandma Scarlett is actually the wife of Butch Cullen, a timber thief who was sent to prison by Cliff McQueen. She returned to the area with her thuggish son, who posed as Rad Causey, with the sole purpose of framing McQueen in a revenge plot. 3/66-6/66.

Granger Stone. Wealthy, cigar smoking ranch owner who hopes to run for governor. He is buying exotic animals with a plan to release them for powerful politicians who might assist him to come to his ranch and kill them. Not long after his plan is revealed, Stone is killed in a plane crash. 1/11/72-3/22/70.

Hardesty. Owner of the store that supplies goods to the local.Eskimo population. Amtuk, the local leader blames Hardesty for their troubles: “You have given our young men whiskly so they no longer hunt, and we are starving.” Hardesty also harasses Amtuk’s beautiful young daughter, Wanda. If that wasn’t enough, Hardesty also poaches polar bears. His methods closely resemble those in 1949 of Captain Saddle.  2/27/80-6/6/80.

Harvey Yawn. Virile and handsome younger sibling of the Yawn Brothers, who engage in destructive logging practices. A lady doctor is fooled by Harvey’s smooth manner. …7/62-10/62.

Joe Dobbs. Rusty’s alcoholic uncle. Dobbs deserts him in 1981, prompting Mark to take him in. Having spent the last few ears as a merchant seaman aboard an ocean tanker Dobbs sees an old article in Woods and Wildlife magazine mentioning Mark and Rusty. Thinking he might make a quick buck, he threatens Mark saying he’ll retake custody of Rusty unless Trail pays him $50,000. When Mark refuses, Dobbs kidnaps Rusty and seek ransom money. A fist to the jaw dispatches Dobbs who is arrested for kidnapping. 9/1/81-11/7/81, 3/6/85-5/11/85.

Jose. A “coyote” who leads a group that smuggles illegal immigrants across the Mexico/Texas border and who engineers the explosion that traps Mark and Gabriel Chavira in the Cave of the Dead after they stumble upon his operation. Mark encounters Jose a few years later when he heading up an unrelated operation dealing in stolen Aztec artifacts. 12/5/15-x/16, x/18, 12/15/18-1/31/19.

Kelly Welly. Free lance photographer who first appears in 1981 as a rival reporter for  Woods and Wildlife magazine. She is very competitive with Mark and her impulsive, immature choices often create risky situations for them both. Kelly also frequently surprises Mark with unwanted kisses, despite fact that she knows he’s already taken. In 1982, in her second appearance in the narrative she is asked by Bill Ellis to do a feature story about Mark as the magazine’s most successful writer. In 1983, Kelly follows Mark on a fishing assignment, causing trouble when she answers a call from Cherry while Mark’s in the shower (Mark doesn’t know she’s slipped into his cabin uninvited) and flirting with a diamond smuggler named Ken Slade. In 1985, Kelly sneakily follows Mark to Alaska hoping to scoop the story he’s doing on the endangered caribou population there.

In 1988, Kelly sabotages a canoe trip with Mark to insure a better story, endangering everyone as a result. This is the first of many earlier stories involving various impetuous female characters being revisioned with Kelly in that role. In 1991, Kelly approaches Cherry about making a documentary about the Lost Forest but her impulsivity and poor judgment ends up putting them both at risk. In 1994 Kelly arrives uninvited to investigate a mystery involving gold bands around geese, which ends up revealing the secret hideaway of Mother McQueen. Mark ruins her film to protect the secret. In 1998, Kelly joins Cherry on an all-female wilderness trek through Minnesota’s boundary waters thinking that Mark might be on it. Cherry needs to rescue Kelly on several occasions. In 2002, Mark and Cherry reluctantly agree to house Kelly as part of a witness protection plan. In 2004, Mark is surprised when recently divorced Bill Ellis brings Cherry along as his date on a cruise with the Trails, during which she encounters two scoundrels in succession, Captain Simpson and Barracuda. In 2006, Cherry has turned her attentions to Ranger Rick Rogers while doing a story about endangered bears. In 2008 and 2011 Kelly is featured in new versions of previous stories involving her. In 2020, Kelly reappears with a new look and a motorcycle. She no longer writes for Woods and Wildlife, but has her own successful social media platform dealing in environmental and conservation concerns. 11/14/81-1/16/82, 6/15/82-9/14/82, 12/26/83-4/6/84, 11/28/85-2/15/86, 9/22/88-12/5/88 (rival writers story revisioned with Kelly in it), 10/21/91-1/20/92 (film story revisioned with K.), 7/4/94-11/2/94 (duck/goose mystery revisioned with K.), 8/7/98-11/18/98, 4/02-8/02 (a witness protection story revisioned with K.), 8/11/04-10/28/04 (criminal yacht captain story revisioned with K.), 11/01/04-2/05 (criminal taxidermist story revisioned with K.), 6/06-8/06 & 11/06, 5/28/08-9/6/08 (film story yet again), 11/10-3/11, 8/13/11-12/30/11 (goose mystery yet again).

Louise Leeds. An attractive, though amoral blonde-haired woman who has recently bought the Lazy J P Ranch that adjoins the Lost Forest. When Cherry finds she is about to have a colt that was born blind shot and killed, Cherry asks to take the colt in. Cherry then earns Louise’s ire when she enters the colt (now named Fritz) in competition with one of Leeds’ colts in a “trick colt contest.” Tensions are heightened when Mark goes to work on Leeds’ ranch, Cherry unaware that he is actually undercover investigating a fellow ranch hand named Les Price who is a disgraced former forest ranger and suspected arsonist. Price’s illegal tendencies are just fine with Leeds who tries to poison Cherry’s pet dog and later have Price steal her colt all to insure she wins a meaningless contest. While Price goes to jail, Leeds is allowed to go free as long as she agrees to move out of the county. 4/11/56-7/14/56.

Marlin. A sea turtle poacher who poses as taxidermist as a cover for his illegal activities. His wife, a kind woman who devotes herself to taking care of wounded birds, is unaware of his illegal activities. Marlin is the last of a series of criminal taxidermists in the narrative, including “Sting” Ray and Barracuda.  x/14-x/14.

Meridy Malone. Spoiled and occasionally manipulative daughter of a wealthy philanthropist who is especially invested in bird habitats. One look at Mark in swim trunks and Meridy is smitten. She competes in a cross-country horseback event in an effort to show Cherry Davis up. She arranges for Mark to be hired to cover a story regarding the Ducks Unlimited organization her father sponsors in order to draw the photographer away from Cherry. Mark is attracted to her, but is put off when she proposes to him in December, 1947. Meridy is not an out right villain, but definitely provided obstacles between Mark and Cherry for a time. 4/47-1/48.

Moss Moses. A drunk who poaches protected geese because he likes cooked geese to eat and its free food besides. As many ne’er do wells do in the vicinity of the Lost Forest, he sports long sideburns and a mustache. Mark let’s his wife know if she needs money for food. 1/02-4/8/02.

“Muscles” Brady. Stout but muscled poacher of a game preserve who charges a thousand dollars to hunters who want an easy kill with impressive antlers. 5/15/84-7/21/84.

Ray King. An old Army buddy of Mark’s, he and his wife visit the Lost Forest to stage his “death” by drowning for them to obtain the life insurance money. Unfortunately for them Mark unravels their scheme. 5/17/83-7/19/83.

Renee Prince. Deadly widow and dark-haired beauty who arranged for the death of her husband and framed Johnny Malotte, who had been in a fight with him, for the crime. Later in the narrative, “black widows” of different names, execute the exact same plan with only minor differing details (who is framed and whether the man who assists her is a secret lover or her brother. 11/61-2/19/62. The black widow doppelgangers: Toni Royal (lover Doug Slater) 11/23/84-1/1/85, Kathy Malone (brother Brice) 11/10/07-3/7/08, Elizabeth Chavez 5/18/12-7/3/12.

Rocky Rivers. Physically formidable logger behind a scheme to defraud landowners who sell logging rights to the company he works for. 2/5/92-5/16/92.

“Sting” Ray. Criminal taxidermist who smuggles cocaine to interested parties inside mounted fish. He is married to Daisy Ray, who rescues wounded birds and nurses them back to health on “Bird Island.” It is hinted that their drug trade is motivated in part to fund Daisy’s efforts and the expense of maintaining the island. Despite these good intentions Daisy fully cooperates with her husband, who ko’s Trail when he uncovers their scheme. The two take the unconscious Trail out to sea and dump him in the ocean. Luckily the cold water revives him even as sharks begin to circle. See Barracuda for a markedly similar operation. 3/15/90-7/12/90.

Watterson Mills. Wealthy businessman who becomes the new publisher of Woods and Wildlife magazine in 1956. Rather temperamental, Mills fires Mark when a bear cub that he and Cherry have taken in repeatedly annoys him. A year later, Mills tells Mark that his decision was rash and rehires him with a substantial raise. 4/14/56-8/29/56, 5/30/57.

Wiley Kamper. Wealthy businessman who is obsessed with trophy hunting and mounting the heads of the animals he kills. When he buys Woods and Wildlife magazine, he asks Mark to photograph him killing a bear. When Mark refuses, Kamper fires him, only recanting after the massive protests of readers. Mark demands a big raise and a sizable advance to get the Lost Forest out of financial trouble. The following year, Kamper refuses to pay the ransom to free Trail when he is kidnapped by the guerrilla leader named Godez. 6/2/79-9/11/79, 7/8/80-7/10/80.

Mark Carlson-Ghost

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