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History: Early Days in Southern Alberta

Reprinted from the January 1953 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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Early Days in Southern Alberta By Dallas Banister Wright ‘I was eleven years old when I sailed for the North West Territories with my father, A. E. Banister, and my three older brothers, leaving mother and eight younger children in Bridport, England, to await instructions to join us when we had found a home for […] Read more
“Off to the Feast”: Christmas guests at the Bighorn Reserve.
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History: O’-da-wa-ta-be Umbah (Christmas)

Reprinted from the January 1953 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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O’-da-wa-ta-be Umbah (Christmas) By John Laurie ‘I left the train at Nordegg. In fact, I practically fell off and, with my blankets, skidded down the icy grade into the arms of my friends. Shouts of “Oh-ha-zthee-skan” came from a dozen throats as the boys took my blankets, my pack sack, and crowded around to shake […] Read more
Mrs. J. Hogge.
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History: Mrs. Joseph Hogge

Reprinted from the December 1952 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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Mrs. Joseph Hogge By Dallas Banister Wright Mrs. Catherine Matilda (“Cassie”) Hogge of Okotoks, Alberta, who knew this province seventy years ago, recently took me back with her to those early days when as a little girl, she travelled with her parents, the late Maurice and Agnes Stewart, from Clarenceville, Quebec, to the Western Prairies. […] Read more
Rich Hobson on ridge overlooking Rimrock Ranch and Green Creek.
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History: Rancher-Writer of the Cariboo

Reprinted from the December 1952 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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Rancher-Writer of the Cariboo By Lyn Harrington ‘Richmond P. Hobson, Jr., author of GRASS BEYOND THE MOUNTAINS, says, “Roads keep gumming me up.” Soon as he finds a spot far from town somebody builds a road, and there’s his isolation gone. That actual truth is that Rich Hobson would beat out a trail no matter […] Read more
A group of jolly cowboys in the early 1900’s at the Spencer Ranch in Southern Alberta.
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History: James C. Alcock of Okotoks, Alberta

Reprinted from the January 1953 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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James C. Alcock of Okotoks, Alberta By Dallas Banister Wright ‘In 1953 Mr. and Mrs. James C. Alcock of Okotoks, Alberta, will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary. They are a grand pioneer couple that yes have not aged, with a keen sense of humour and outstanding personalities that must have carried them over many hardships […] Read more
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History: McCord’s Ranch – A Chronicle of Sounding Lake, Pt. 2

Reprinted from the January 1953 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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McCord’s Ranch – A Chronicle of Sounding Lake, Pt. 2 By Margaret V. Watt, 748 – East 60th Ave., Vancouver, B.C. ‘The winters of 1903, ’04 and ’05 were fine open winters. The stock cling to the pastures late in the year, and early spring saw them heading for the greening hillsides. But little of […] Read more
French Cree canoemen often manned the “canots du maitre” that spanned a continent carrying the Chief Factors of the fur companies.
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History: The Pleasant Speaking People

Reprinted from the December 1952 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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The Pleasant Speaking People By Philip H. Godsell, F.R.G.S. ‘Of all the aboriginal tribes of our Canadian Northwest perhaps none are so familiar to the wanderer from the highways and byways of civilization than the soft-spoken Cree Indians of the woodlands and the plains. Ever since that distant summer in 1640 when Jesuit missionaries first […] Read more
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History: American Election

Reprinted from the December 1952 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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American Election By Kenneth Coppock The overwhelming victory of Dwight D. Eisenhower, Republican standard bearer in the U.S. 1952 election, came as a great surprise to many. Canadians, always interested in the presidential elections of their great southern neighbor, this year find themselves with feelings yet to be interpreted and resolved. Their admiration for the […] Read more
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History: Clouds in the Cattleman’s Sky

Reprinted from the October 1952 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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By Grant MacEwan General manager, Western Section, Council of Canadian Beef Producers Canada’s livestock and meat industry is basically sound and with an ever increasing North American population, it is a reasonable bet that every pound of meat and milk which can be produced in the years ahead, will be needed. But temporarily at least, […] Read more
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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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