Q: Was Enos a vegetarian?
A:  No.  His main dietary concern was avoiding wheat products.

Q: Was Enos an atheist?
A:  No.  Enos was raised with a strong Quaker background.

Q: Did Enos ever hunt or trap animals?
A: No.  However, he often asked hunters and trappers about the animals they hunted so that he could learn more about the animals and their behavior.  He never owned a gun, nor did he ever have the need.

Q: Did Enos ever have any pets?
A: Yes.  He had a border collie named Scotch for several years, two grizzly bear cubs named Johnny and Jenny, and as a boy of sixteen he raised three baby bluebirds (one of which was named Little Blue).  He owned two mining town "return horses" named Midget and Cricket.  He traveled briefly with a baby beaver which he named Diver, then gave to a family of settlers.

Q: Are all of Enos' stories true?
A: Yes.  Many of the stories he wrote were of his own experiences.  He told the true accounts of other people as well, however.

Q: Where is Enos buried?
A: Enos was cremated.

Q: Did he raise his family in his homestead?
A: No, by the time he was married in 1918, he had been living at Long's Peak Inn for 9 years.  He did say that all of his great happinesses happened at his cabin he had built as a boy.
 
Q: What exactly was Enos' relation to Reverend Elkanah J. Lamb?
A: On Enos's father's side Enos was Elkanah's first cousin once removed. On Enos' mother's side Enos was Elkanah's first cousin twice removed.

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