D. Larraine Andrews

A history of the Cochrane, Oxley, Bar U and Walron ranches of southern Alberta. When men discovered the wide-open grasslands of southern Alberta, it seemed too good to be true; free unlimited wide-open grasslands for cattle raising. The race was on for investors to set up ranches, buy cattle, graze them on the free grass the whole year, round them up, and send them to market. Visions of fortunes danced in their heads but it wasn’t to be. The first horrendous winter killed thousands of cattle, then the next one followed almost two decades later. The speculators left, leaving the rest to survive and prosper. It is an engaging read.… (altro)