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History: Plain Tales – Pt. 1

Reprinted from the April 1953 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff March 18, 2021

Plain TalesBy Freda Smith Mudiman, Swift Current, Sask. ‘People who live on the High Plains are primarily practical yet there is a welt of story and legend west of the Great Lakes, with the store particularly rich along the South Saskatchewan River as it flows from the Rocky Mountains down to the sea. The river […] Read more

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History: The Gang Ranch

Reprinted from the April 1953 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff March 11, 2021

The Gang Ranch By Lyn Harrington The Gang Ranch has always been a name to conjure up visions of the largest ranch in Canada. It’s still large and second in size only to the famous Douglas Lake Ranch farther south in B.C. In 1948 the Gang Ranch changed hands for the third time in almost […] Read more

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History: Manager’s Report

Reprinted from the April 1953 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff March 4, 2021

Manager’s Report By Grant MacEwan To the President and Directors, Council of Canadian Beef Producers, (Western Section) ‘Eight months with the Council of Canadian Beef Producers (Western Section), have served to confirm the task in promotion and public relations that faces the beef producers of Canada. The responses to the efforts of those months seem […] Read more

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History: Calgary Bull Sale Still Great

Reprinted from the April 1953 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff February 25, 2021

Calgary Bull Sale Still Great By Lorne Stout ‘Optimists and pessimists staged a week-long battle at the 53rd annual Calgary Bull Sale, but by Saturday night – when the last of 1,135 Bulls had been sold – the optimists had won hands down. This had been Calgary’s greatest Bull Sale – in more than half […] Read more

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History: Coppock resigns as WSGA secretary

Reprinted from the March 1953 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff February 18, 2021

Coppock resigns as WSGA secretary By Canadian Cattlemen staff/Kenneth Coppock ‘CALGARY, Feb. 18, 1953 – In a joint statement today issued by Bert Hargrave, President of the Western Stock Growers’ Association, and Kenneth R. Coppock, it was announced that Mr. Coppock had resigned as Executive Secretary and Treasurer of the Association, a position he has […] Read more

A small place of his own on the ranch is often the happiest solution for the retiring rancher.

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History: The Rancher Retires

Reprinted from the March 1953 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff February 11, 2021

The Rancher Retires By Lyn Harrington ‘No one likes to think ahead to the day when his eyesight’s not so good, wind not what it was, and when both mental and muscular reactions are slowed down. But it happens, just as inevitably in man as it does the herd. The difference is that the rancher […] Read more

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History: Ranching De Luxe

Reprinted from the March 1953 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff February 4, 2021

Historical Tales: Ranching de Luxe By Senator F. W. Gershaw ‘As the dwindling herds of buffalo retreated from the hills of Western Dakota an effort at big-time ranching was started. One day in April, 1883, a private car was shunted onto a side-track in Missouri known as the toughest little town on the line. The […] Read more

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History: Canadian Railway Transportation

Reprinted from the April 1953 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff February 1, 2021

Canadian Railway Transportation By Francis Olson ‘The first settlement of Western Canada was dependent upon the development of a railroad system whereby raw materials could be exported and supplies imported to the prairie region. The confederation with British Columbia in 1871 required that a railway be completed to the Pacific Coast in order to link […] Read more

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History: Roughing it on the Rural Routes

Reprinted from the March 1953 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff January 28, 2021

Roughing it on the Rural Routes By P.W. Luce There’s plenty of variety in a rural mail carrier’s job, but there isn’t much money in it. Conditions are a little better than they were in the early years of the century, when I was a temporary major domo of one of the sideroads of the […] Read more

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History: Chilco Ranch, Hanceville, B.C.

Reprinted from the February 1953 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff January 21, 2021

Chilco Ranch, Hanceville, B.C. By Lyn Harrington ‘Chilco Ranch is one of the Big Five in the Chilcotin section of B.C.’s Cariboo. Beginning in the 1860’s, it is also one of the most storied. Nine owners have left their mark on the ranch in less than a century. Few large ranches have changed hands more […] Read more

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History: Plain Tales – Pt. 1

History: The Gang Ranch

History: Manager’s Report

History: Calgary Bull Sale Still Great

History: Coppock resigns as WSGA secretary

History: The Rancher Retires

History: Ranching De Luxe

History: Canadian Railway Transportation

History: Roughing it on the Rural Routes

History: Chilco Ranch, Hanceville, B.C.

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