Cowboys, ranchers and the cattle business : cross-border perspectives on ranching history / Simon M. Evans, Sarah Carter, Bill Yeo, eds.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Carter, Sarah, 1954-

Evans, S. M.

Yeo, Bill, 1942-

Glenbow Museum.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ranch life--Canada, Western--History--Congresses.

Ranch life.

Cowboys--Canada, Western--History--Congresses.

Cowboys.

Cattle trade--Canada, Western--History--Congresses.

Cattle trade.

Ranch life--West (U.S.)--History--Congresses.

History.

Western Canada.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xiv, 232 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Calgary : University of Calgary Press, [2000]

Contents:

Does the Border Matter? Cattle Ranching and the 49th Parallel / Terry G. Jordan-Bychkov 1

Charles M. Russell, Cowboy Culture, and the Canadian Connection / Brian W. Dippie 11

Not an Old Cowhand

Fred Stimson and the Bar U Ranch / Alan B. McCullough 29

George Lane: From Cowboy to Cattle King / Joy Oetelaar 43

Tenderfoot to Rider: Learning 'Cowboying' on the Canadian Ranching Frontier during the 1800s / Simon M. Evans 61

The Untamed Canadian Ranching Frontier, 1874-1914 / Warren M. Elofson 81

A Century of Ranching at the Rocking P and Bar S / Henry C. Klassen 101

The Impact of the Depression on Grazing Lease Policy in Alberta / Max Foran 123

Wild West Shows and the Canadian West / Lorain Lounsberry 139

The Canadian Cowboy Exhibition / Richard W. Slatta 153

Postscript: 'He Country in Pants' No Longer

Diversifying Ranching History / Sarah Carter 155

Postscript: Ranching History: Have We Covered the Ground Yet? / Bill Yeo 167.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Papers from a conference held at the Glenbow Museum in Sept. 1997.

ISBN:

155238019X :

OCLC:

43280702