The Bar U and Canadian Ranching History.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Evans, Simon
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Calgary : University of Calgary Press, 2000.
Colección:Parks and Heritage.
Temas:
Ranching > Canada, Western > History.
HISTORY > Canada > Post-Confederation (1867- )
Ranching
Bar U Ranch National Historic Site (Alta.)
Lieu historique national du Ranch-Bar U (Alb.)
Alberta > Bar U Ranch National Historic Site
Western Canada
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • ""CONTENTS""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""1 A WESTERN JOURNEY: CHECKING OUT THE PROSPECTS""; ""2 FRED STIMSON AND THE NORTH WEST CATTLE COMPANY, 1882â€?1902""; ""A Herd for the Bar U""; ""Stocking the Canadian Range""; """"Natural Increase"" at the Bar U""; """"Give Me Land, Lots of Land ... """"; """"Accustomed Range"" versus ""Grazing Leases""""; ""Rules for the Canadian Range""; ""Taking the Bait""; ""Acquiring the Bar U Range""; ""Buying the ""Home Place""""; ""Dollars and Cents""; ""Beef for Victorian Britain""; ""3 BUILDING THE HOME PLACE: THE COMMUNITY AND THE WORK THEY DID""
  • ""The Bar U Community in 1891""""""Mail Call and Roll Call""""; ""The Maturing ""Village""""; ""A Word about the ""Open Range""""; ""The Seasonal Round""; ""4 GEORGE LANE BUYS A RANCH""; ""Who Was This Man Lane?""; ""George Lane and the Young Napoleon""; """"She Stock"" and Steers""; ""The Killing Winter of 1906â€?7""; ""Lane Takes a Hit""; ""5 BUILDING AN INTERNATIONALLY FAMOUS PERCHERON STUD""; ""Horse Power for the Developing West""; ""Introducing the Percheron""; ""Early Percheron Purchases""; ""Methods and Techniques""; ""Rewards and Returns""
  • ""Making Room for Horses on the Cattle Ranch""""6 GEORGE LANE: AT FULL GALLOP!""; ""Namaka Farms""; ""The Public Life of a Private Man""; ""Lane's ""Boys"" and Happy Families""; ""A Royal Visit""; ""Post-War Dilemmas""; ""7 PAT BURNS TAKES OVER, 1927â€?37""; ""The Irish Drover""; ""New Ways of Rearing Stock""; ""Buying the Bar U Ranch""; ""Wondering Why""; ""8 THE BAR U DURING THE 1930S""; ""Riders, Cooks, and Choreboys""; ""Instilling New Attitudes""; ""Surviving the Great Depression""; ""9 P. BURNS RANCHES LIMITED, 1937â€?50""; ""Integration, Rationalization, and Modernization""
  • ""Wartime Opportunities and Frustrations""""Labour Costs Go through the Roof""; ""Help from the Stoneys""; ""Hay, Crops, and Horse Power""; ""A Last Look Around""; ""The Sale of the Bar U Ranch""; ""10 POSTSCRIPT AND RETROSPECT""; ""Mavericks and Risk Takers""; """"To Commemorate and Celebrate ... """"; ""Reviewing Origins""; ""Nature versus Nurture on the Range?""; ""An Honourable Legacy""; ""APPENDIX""; ""SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOOKS""; ""NOTES""; ""INDEX""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""
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