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History: The ’74 Mounties: The Great March Across the Plains – Part 1
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History: The ’74 Mounties: The Great March Across the Plains – Part 1

Reprinted from the January 1950 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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The ’74 Mounties: The Great March Across the Plains By Major Fred A. Bagley, late of Banff, Alberta ‘Editor’s Note: With this issue we commence a series of instalments written by one of the members of that famous police force, the North West Mounted Police, which marched across the plains in 1874 to bring law […] Read more
History: Russell’s Great Gift of Humor
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History: Russell’s Great Gift of Humor

Reprinted from the March 1950 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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History: Russell’s Great Gift of Humor By WM. Bleasdell Cameron, Meadow Lake, Sask. ‘After running into Charlie Russell on a Winnipeg streetcar in 1913, I did not see him again, I believe until about 1920 when I journeyed west. Highlight of the trip – in fact the only thing I remember about it – was […] Read more
History: Russell’s Oils Eye-Opener to the East
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History: Russell’s Oils Eye-Opener to the East

Reprinted from the February 1950 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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History: Russell’s Oils Eye-Opener to the East By WM. Bleasdell Cameron, Meadow Lake, Sask. ‘Back in the Cascade, after covering the northern states to the Coast as well as southern British Columbia, Russell met with me with smiling and open-handed friendliness. I was more than gratified to learn that – Mrs. Russell agreeing – he […] Read more
Russell’s first painting which started him on the road to fame.
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History: The Old West Lives Through Russell’s Brush

Reprinted from the January 1950 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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The Old West Lives Through Russell’s Brush By WM. Bleasdell Cameron, Meadow Lake, Sask. ‘On a bright May day in 1897 I walked into the lobby of Butte’s principal hotel – to find myself staring at some pictures on the walls, pictures which, in brilliance of coloring and execution, topped anything of the kind – touching […] Read more
History: The Association in the Early Days
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History: The Association in the Early Days

Reprinted from the March 1947 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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History: The Association in the Early Days By R. G. Mathews, Everett, Washington ‘It was in the Fall of 1896 that Stockmen from all over what is known as southern Alberta, but which at that time was the SW Corner of the North west Territory, gathered together in the old Town of Macleod, with the […] Read more
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History: 100 Mile House. An historic point in British Columbia

Reprinted from the March 1947 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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It is just about 85 years since the fabulous gold strikes were first made in the Cariboo and the feverish trek northwards to the new El Dorado began in earnest. Thousands poured into the country and pushed eagerly up the long trail into the Cariboo. Until the completion of that remarkable engineering feat which provided […] Read more
Cutting Timothy and Alsike clover at Fort St. James, B.C.
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History: Tom Stephenson looks back

Reprinted from the March 1947 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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History: Tom Stephenson looks back By C. Frank Steele, Lethbridge, Alta. ‘Although he’s retired these many months and living in town, Tom Stephenson gets back into range country every chance he gets. For his heart belongs to ranching and he feels at home out among the Stetson hatted boys. The kids in South Magrath used […] Read more
History: The future of Canadian agriculture depends on Canada’s food exports
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History: The future of Canadian agriculture depends on Canada’s food exports

Reprinted from the March 1947 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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The future of Canadian agriculture depends on Canada’s food exports By R.R. Furlong, General Sales Manager, Burns & Co. Limited ‘Canada is one of five areas of the world which produces more food than its population can normally consume. And Canada has not yet reached the maximum of its potential production. Advanced farming methods brought […] Read more
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History: The Packers’ dollar

Reprinted from the December 1949 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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The Packers’ dollar By R.J. Deachman The packer took less than a cent — who got the other 99? In the fiscal year ending March 30, 1949, total sales of Canada Packers Limited amounted to $314,918,000. Ten years ago, in 1939, the total was $77,000,000. This is an agricultural industry. It deals with the processing […] Read more
History: Light Horses in Saskatchewan
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History: Light Horses in Saskatchewan

Reprinted from the March 1947 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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Light Horses in Saskatchewan Z.M. Hamilton, Regina, Sask. ‘In the early days of settlement on what is now the prairie region of Saskatchewan, most of the settlers were a riding folk. Everyone of consequence had a horse and saddle of sorts and, at first most of the horses were bronchos, as wild as deer, in […] Read more

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