History: Cosley, Trapper and the Guide Extraordinary: Part 2

Reprinted from the September 1953 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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Published: August 20, 2020

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A sample of Joe Cosley’s drawings.

Cosley, Trapper and the Guide Extraordinary: Part 2
By Julia Nelson, Mountain View, Alberta

‘Joe must have been unusually impressed with the man, even to the point of imitation, of Joe himself is well remembered with a rose-decorated buckskin hat like the one he said Kootenai wore, and an early picture records him wearing, also, a fringed sash and a muffler.’

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‘Our History’ is curated by former Canadian Cattlemen editor, Gren Winslow.

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