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In 1907, Jones introduced the novelist [[Zane Grey]] (a former dentist), to the Southwest. Grey modeled several of his fictitious characters after Jones, including the central figure in the nonfiction ''The Last of the Plainsmen.''<ref name=exhibit/> Grey's nonfiction ''Roping Lions in the Grand Canyon'' is also based on the author's experiences with Jones.<ref name=skyways/>

In 1907, Jones introduced the novelist [[Zane Grey]] (a former dentist), to the Southwest. Grey modeled several of his fictitious characters after Jones, including the central figure in the nonfiction ''The Last of the Plainsmen.''<ref name=exhibit/> Grey's nonfiction ''Roping Lions in the Grand Canyon'' is also based on the author's experiences with Jones.<ref name=skyways/>

   

   

Late in 1909, "Colonel" Jones, as he was then known, persuaded the [[Massachusetts]] industrialist Charles S. Bird to finance a game-catching expedition to [[Kenya]]. With two cowboys (Marshall Loveless and Ambrose Means),<ref name=hnetmsu/> a guide, and several porters, Jones traveled to [[Nairobi]]. In the Kenyan savanna grass and roped warthogs, a [[zebra]], a [[rhinoceros]], and a [[lion]]ess, which lived at a zoo in New York until 1921. Jones also employed two filmographers who documented his activities. He then showed his films across the United States, including a performance at [[Carnegie Hall]] in [[New York City]], in which he narrated the highlights of his hunting trip.<ref name=exhibit/> He was awarded a medal by the British King [[Edward VII]] for his efforts to preserve animals.<ref name=skyways/> In 1914, Jones organized a second, but unsuccessful, African hunting trip for a [[gorilla]]. The failure to capture a huge gorilla created a breach between Jones and his sponsors. While in theformer Belgian Congo (now [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]), he contracted [[malaria]], was placed on a stretcher, and evacuated on the last departing boat, just as [[World War I]] was declared in Europe.<ref name=exhibit/>

Late in 1909, "Colonel" Jones, as he was then known, persuaded the [[Massachusetts]] industrialist Charles S. Bird to finance a game-catching expedition to [[Kenya]]. With two cowboys (Marshall Loveless and Ambrose Means),<ref name=hnetmsu/> a guide, and several porters, Jones traveled to [[Nairobi]]. In the Kenyan savanna grass and roped warthogs, a [[zebra]], a [[rhinoceros]], and a [[lion]]ess, which lived at a zoo in New York until 1921. Jones also employed two filmographers who documented his activities. He then showed his films across the United States, including a performance at [[Andrew Carnegie|Carnegie Hall]] in [[New York City]], in which he narrated the highlights of his hunting trip.<ref name=exhibit/> He was awarded a medal by the British King [[Edward VII]] for his efforts to preserve animals.<ref name=skyways/> In 1914, Jones organized a second, but unsuccessful, African hunting trip for a [[gorilla]]. The failure to capture a huge gorilla created a breach between Jones and his sponsors. While in theformer Belgian Congo (now [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]), he contracted [[malaria]], was placed on a stretcher, and evacuated on the last departing boat, just as [[World War I]] was declared in Europe.<ref name=exhibit/>

==Death and legacy==

==Death and legacy==