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History: Reflections from a California Feedlot

Reprinted from the October 1950 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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Reflections from a California Feedlot By Mary Terrill, Medicine Hat, Alta. ‘From a low hill at Collinsville, California, I gazed with mixed feelings on the biggest feed-yards in the West. It was built on the delta of the river, across the Bay from San Francisco, where the mighty Sacramento holds back the sea. It was […] Read more
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History: Cattle Empire

Reprinted from the September 1950 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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By Lewis Nordyke A book review by Sheilagh S. Jameson Cattle Empire, the fabulous story of the 3-million acre XIT ranch of Texas, provides proof of that old maxim that “truth is stranger than fiction.” It records the history of the biggest ranch in the United States of America, of the building of the largest […] Read more
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History: The Outlaws of the Cariboo

Reprinted from the September 1950 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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The Outlaws of the Cariboo By P. W. Luce, Vancouver, B.C. ‘Suicide Valley is the ominous name of a place four miles south of Clinton, a town of considerable importance in the gold days of the Cariboo. Some unremembered prospector hanged himself there long ago, but today the sheltered spot might well be called Double […] Read more
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History: The First Public Picnic and Stampede to Be Held on the Milk River in Alberta

Reprinted from the September 1950 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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The First Public Picnic and Stampede to Be Held on the Milk River in Alberta By Harry C. Smith, Milk River, Alta. ‘It was while doing homestead duties in the latter part of May of 1910, in the Writing-on-Stone district, that Dean Smith, Fred Miller and I were talking one evening in the shack on […] Read more
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History: Mr. and Mrs. George Paterson

Reprinted from the September 1950 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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Mr. and Mrs. George Paterson By T. L. Shepherd, West Plains, Sask. ‘To most of us, the words “Old Timer” bring to mind an wrinkled old lady, or a man with a long white beard. Neither George Paterson nor his charming wife fit into that class. But when a man has lived 60 of his […] Read more
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History: The Corral

Reprinted from the September 1950 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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The Corral By Guy Weadick, High River, Alta. Two of the oldest cattle ranches in Western Canada changed ownership about the first of August. Both are in the High River, Alta., district and were sold in the closing out of the estate of late Senator Pat Burns. One was the famous Bar U, which was […] Read more
History: Weapons that Won the West – Part 7
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History: Weapons that Won the West – Part 7

Reprinted from the September 1950 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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Weapons that Won the West: Part 7 By D. R. King, High River, Alta. ‘In past pages we have discussed a number of various old-time shoulder and hand guns, some dating back a century or more. Very little consideration was given to the all-important accessories which were absolutely necessary to shooting in that day and […] Read more
Purebred Shorthorns at the Richardson Stock Farms, Kelburn, near St. Norbert, Man.
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History: Progressive Stock Farming in Manitoba

Reprinted from the September 1950 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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Progressive Stock Farming in Manitoba By Mrs. Douglas Mackay, 1038 Grain Exchange, Winnipeg, Manitoba ‘Kelburn, Briarmeade and Lakevue: these are the principal Richardson Stock Farms, youngest (1944) department of the oldest (1857) family grain firm in Canada. Under a new trading name and the management of the veteran George H. Jones, they represent the policy […] Read more
History: Pictographs of the Alberta Foothills
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History: Pictographs of the Alberta Foothills

Reprinted from the September 1950 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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Pictographs of the Alberta Foothills By Roy Fowler, Aldersyde, Alta. ‘Early fur traders must have seen pictures and symbols painted on the rocks along the foothills but they make no mention of it. Major Fred Bagley in his story ” The ’74 Mounties” tells of seeing Indian pictographs painted on the rocks and caves near […] Read more
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History: Shaunavan tales – Bronk riding in the parlor

Reprinted from the September 1950 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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Shaunavan tales – Bronk riding in the parlor (1903) By Hugo Maguire, Shaunavon, Sask. ‘Johnny Smart had been punching cows for the V outfit north of Maple Creek. During the summer the work was finished and Johnny rode to Maple Creek. He bought the best suit of clothes in Dixon Bros. store. He also bought […] Read more

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