From the Archives ~ Peter Welsh

Alberta Stampede Company By Terri Mason Peter Welsh was born in 1878 in Scotland and by 1910 he had immigrated to Canada, settling on Tudesco Farms, a former Canadian Pacific Railway property near Irricana, Alta. He soon moved to Calgary to operate the Calgary Sale Repository, one of the first livery stables in Calgary which also …

From the Archives ~ Tracking Mantracker

The ultimate reality show ~ Cowboy Style   By Terri Mason Originally Published February/March 2009 Canadian Cowboy Country Magazine The premise of the popular Canadian reality series, Mantracker, is simple; two people take off into the wilds with a map, a compass and a head start. The tracker is on horseback, armed with a local guide …

From the Archives ~ Stan Jacobs

Legendary Cow Boss By Haley Rutherford originally published in October/November Canadian Cowboy Country Magazine Legends aren’t born, but are a product of both circumstance and the environment in which they live. And as such, a true legend would never lay claim to the title, but simply do what he has to do to get the …

From the Archives ~ Who Knows What Tomorrow Will Bring?

The horse is prepared for the day of battle but the victory rests in the Lord. —Proverbs 21:31 (paraphrased) It all seemed so simple. All I had to do was pull the red bull “off the cows” (out of the pasture) and load him in the trailer. It’s being done all over the West and …

From the Archives ~ Fence Phones

Barbed Wire Strung Together the First Telephone System By Duane Gray Migowsky Due to southwest Saskatchewan’s geographic location and sparse population, we realized generations ago that if we want something done, we have to do it ourselves. One of our great do-it-yourself ideas turned barbed wire fences into a communications network. Barbed wire, considered not …