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History: The Venerable Archdeacon George McKay

Reprinted from the September 1952 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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The Venerable Archdeacon George McKay By W. H. McKay ‘Some time in the late seventies, Canon McKay was appointed Chaplain of the famous R. N. W. M. Police and stationed at Fort Macleod. He at once saw that the best way to prevent an outbreak of hostilities among the powerful Blackfoot Confederacy, was by cultivating […] Read more
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History: Goodwill in the West

Reprinted from the December 1952 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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Goodwill in the West By Doreen Runciman, RR2, High River, Alta. ‘The approach of another Christmas season brings thoughts of familiar appurtenances such as trees and greeting cards, turkey and plum pudding and those old, comfortable words; Peace on earth and good will toward men. For the first White Men who spent Christmas in the […] Read more
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History: A Pioneer School Teacher

Reprinted from the September 1952 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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A Pioneer School Teacher By Anne L. Gaetz When Alberta was young, schools were few and far between. Even after a school house was built, rural districts found difficulty in procuring a teacher. Most of the teachers came from the eastern provinces, Ontario or Nova Scotia, and engaged a school through the Teacher’s Employment Agency. […] Read more
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History: The Fabulous Fireway

Reprinted from the October 1952 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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The Fabulous Fireway By Doreen Runciman, High River, Alta. ‘When Leif Ericcson and his Viking crew set foot on Canada’s east coast, they did little else that might have been calculated to leave an impression. Life on the North American continent rolled on undisturbed for many centuries more. The great, dark tide of the buffalo […] Read more
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History: Westward Ho in 1880 – Part 2

Reprinted from the October 1952 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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Westward Ho in 1880 – Pt. 2 (concluding installment) By G. W. Morden ‘Some distance from Fort Benton a Mr. Steed, who had been engaged in a fishery business in Sarni, Ontario joined us and was a welcome addition to our party. The more company there was, the less monotony on this long three hundred […] Read more
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History: Helping to Build the West

Reprinted from the September 1952 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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Helping to Build the West By L.S. ‘When Charlie and Betty Groeneveld of the Gladys Ridge district swept the Grands and Reserve Championships at the annual High River Junior Calf Club Show and Sale this Spring – it drew attention to a unique family immigration to Alberta. It all started 27 years ago, when Flores […] Read more
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History: Two Well Known Agriculturalists Pass

Reprinted from the August 1952 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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Two Well Known Agriculturalists Pass Canadian Cattlemen staff ‘Western agriculture lost two well known figures in one week at the end of June, Prof. G. Rayner, Director of Extension and the University of Saskatoon, and Col. P. M. Abel, editor of the Country Guide, Winnipeg. Not only did these men die in the same week […] Read more
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History: Helping with the Harvest

Reprinted from the August 1952 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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Helping with the Harvest By P. W. Luce, 2334 Balaclava St, Vancouver, B.C. ‘When I was a young and full of pep, I gave myself one of the hardest jobs in the world. I harvested Manitoba’s wheat crop. I didn’t of course harvest all of it. Several thousand husky easterners came west to help with […] Read more
History, Our History

History: Westward Ho in 1880 – Part 1

Reprinted from the September 1952 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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Westward Ho in 1880 G. W. Morden ‘Shortly after midnight on Hallow’een in 1879 three children, the their nighties gazed out across the Northern Railway from an upper room of their home near the railway station of Craigvale, six miles south of Barrie, Ontario. The great glare of a burning mill lit up their faces […] Read more
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History: Historical tales

Reprinted from the September 1952 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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By Senator F.W. Gershaw Captain Palliser In 1857 the lease of Indian territories granted to the Hudson Bay Company by the Imperial Government was drawing to a close. In order to get accurate, expert information the British Government organized an expedition to visit that great uncharted wilderness. Captain John Palliser was given command and Dr. […] Read more

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