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From the Pampas to the Prairies, 1872-1885: Part 4

Reprinted from the September 1948 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff April 20, 2015

From the Pampas to the Prairies, 1872-1885: Part 4 C.D. LaNauze, Lacombe, Alta. The author writes of his father, T.S. LaNauze: ‘It was not long before Dad saw some of the action he was looking for. On December 9, 1880, he writes from “Fort Macleod via Fort Benton, Montana, U.S.A.” and says: “It is about […] Read more

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From the Pampas to the Prairies, 1872-1885: Part 3

Reprinted from the June 1948 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff April 13, 2015

From the Pampas to the Prairies, 1872-1885: Part 3 C.D. LaNauze, Lacombe, Alta. The author’s father writing in a letter to the North West Mounted Police: ‘Fort Walsh via Fort Assiniboia, Montana, U.S.A., July 16, 1880. Here we are at last at Headquarters having had just a month’s journey from Sarnia, Ontario. We had steamed […] Read more

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From the Pampas to the Prairies, 1872-1885: Part 2

Reprinted from the December 1947 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff April 6, 2015

From the Pampas to the Prairies, 1872-1885: Part 1 C.D. LaNauze, Lacombe, Alta. The author writes of his father, T.S. LaNauze: ‘I am sorry to say the country here is far from improving and is in a very lawless state. War is now declared between the “red” and the “whites” and the whole country is […] Read more

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From the Pampas to the Prairies, 1872-1885: Part 1

Reprinted from the December 1947 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff March 30, 2015

From the Pampas to the Prairies, 1872-1885: Part 1 C.D. LaNauze, Lacombe, Alta. The author writes of his father, T.S. LaNauze: ‘By January 1874 he is on a place of his own and writes from Estancia Riheros: “We got over the sheep to the Iedia Auga all right in three days and were fortunate in […] Read more

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National Council of Canadian Beef Producers (Western Section)

Reprinted from the September 1947 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Herbert Wiebe, President Western Section March 23, 2015

Beef is an essential food and the producers of beef form not only an essential part of the Canadian economy but also an integral part of the international economy. With this as the controlling factor the Council of Canadian Beef Producers was initiated, being composed of two sections: Eastern section — comprising representation from the […] Read more

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Pioneer weapons of the Canadian Prairies

History pages reprinted from the December 1946 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff March 16, 2015

Pioneer Weapons By Gwain Hamilton, Regina Sask. ‘In a pioneer country weapons often make the man. This was as true in the Canadian northwest as it was in the roaring turbulent days of the gold rush in Montana and later when the great cattle kingdoms flourished on the Cheyenne and Oregon ranges. With the coming […] Read more

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Early cowpoke turns doctor

History pages reprinted from the March 1949 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff March 9, 2015

Alberta Cowpoke Turns Doctor Guy Weadick, High River, Alta. ‘In the old open range days it used to be said that the dream of many a cowpuncher was to become a wagon boss and when his range days were over to graduate to a steady job as a bartender. Be that as it may, there was one […] Read more

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Broncho busters and their saddles of 50 years ago

History pages reprinted from the March 1949 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff March 2, 2015

Bronco Busters and Their Saddles of Fifty Years Ago Bert Sheppard, Longview, Alta. ‘The day that I write about was that which preceded the coming of the automobile or “Stink Wagon” as it was often referred to. In Western Canada, East of the Rockies, it would be from about 1882 to 1907, from the time that […] Read more

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Robert Sinton, Pt. 2

History pages reprinted from the Dec. 1947 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff February 24, 2015

Robert Sinton (conclusion) Z.M. Hamilton, Regina, Sask. ‘During the late winter of 1885, disturbing rumours began to spread about the country. The previous Fall, Louis Riel had come from his school house in Montana, to take the leadership of the Metis in the Saskatchewan country, in their agitation for what they considered their rights. Meetings […] Read more

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Early Traders

History pages reprinted from the March 1949 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff February 6, 2015

Early Traders W. Henry McKay, Brooks, Alta. ‘The first white people to see the “Red Deer Forks”, which are about four miles east of Empress, Alta., were most likely the Frenchmen under De Niverville who built a small Fort at the forks of the Elbow and the Bow rivers in or about 1733 which they […] Read more

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From the Pampas to the Prairies, 1872-1885: Part 4

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