Smoke From the Branding Fire: Early Ranch History of Western Canada

This Is Another As New And Author Inscribed Local History From The Collection Of Cattle Man Rudy Evenson And Is Inscribed To Him By Joyce Pallister, Who Carried Out This Posthumous Account Of Her Husband, Hank, His Life And His Knowledge, As A Local Cowboy And Alberta Brands Inspector, Of The Cattle Industry In Alberta. Save The Inscription And One Spot (Coffee?) On The Page Edge, This Book Is As New. Illustrated With Black And White Photographs, Includng One Of John And Mildred Ware At Their Sheep Creek Homestead. The Pallisters Trace Ware's Brand, Initially Four And Later Three Walking Sticks From Its Registration To Him In 1885 Right Up To 1986, When The Owner Of Record Was A Calgary Firm. There Is A Wealth Of Information In This Book, From The Section On Brands, Old Timer Biographies, Other Stories And The Appendix Which Describes The 1929 Old Time Range Men's Dinner Held By The C.P.R. At The Palliser Hotel. This Section Includes Rsvp Letters From A Range Of Ranching Personalities, Including A.E. Cross, William Bannister And John Macleod. …