Edward Brado

A terrific story of early cattle ranching in Alberta describing the early ranchers, North West Mounted Police, the cattle drives from Fort Benton, Montana, cowboys, the killer storms, and the fencing of the open range from Calgary south to the border. If your ranching family settled in the Calgary to Fort MacLeod area during the late 1800s then this is the book for you. An easy writing style with all the anecdotal stories Albertans love to read about the land and combined with archival photos, make this book not your average dry history. Find out why the American Wild West never made it to Alberta.… (mere)