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Jack Dillon remembered

History pages reprinted from the June 1948 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

Closing a colourful career, Jack Dillon passed away in Calgary on March 15, 1948. From the time he left his birthplace, Limerick, Ireland, at the age of three until his death at the age of 66, Dillon poured his energy into various activities ranging from law student, cowhand, rancher, commission agent, ranch manager, livestock association […] Read more

Guy Weadick: Dean of rodeo producers, Pt. 1

From the pages of Canadian Cattlemen, June 1946

“We wish to pay tribute to a man who, although only twenty-three when he conceived an idea of great consequence and only twenty-seven when he was able to bring it into reality, was a pioneer in the truest sense of the word. For it was he who first conceived the idea of Calgary’s first Stampede […] Read more