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  • Bronc Busters and Hay Sloops: Ranching in the West in the Early 20th Century

    Ranching in the West in the Early 20th Century

    by Ken Mather ...
    Bronc Busters and Hay Sloops tells the story of ranching in the West from the beginning of the Great War until 1960. Cowboy soldiers, bronc busters, First Nations, upper-crust Englishmen and the strong, capable women of ranching country . . . theirs are the stories told in this book. Some of these characters are larger than life, such as:Joe Coutlee, cow boss of the Douglas Lake Ranch, whose ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • The O'Keefes of O'Kanagan

    The Families of O'Keefe Ranch

    by Ken Mather ...
    The tumultuous rags-to-riches story of the famed O’Keefe ranching family.Founded in 1867, the Historic O’Keefe Ranch offers a fascinating glimpse into the life of an early farming community in the heart of the Okanagan Valley. The O’Keefes of O’kanagan, a welcome resource for any visitor to the site, is an in-depth look into the multiple branches and generations of the family that gave the ranch ... Read more

    $12.39 USD

  • Trail North

    The Okanagan Trail of 1858–68 and Its Origins in British Columbia and Washington

    by Ken Mather ...
    Winner (second prize), 2019 British Columbia Lieutenant Governor's Medal for Historical WritingA revealing history of the ancient trail that served as a major transportation route between Washington and British Columbia and shaped the cultural and economic ties between the two jurisdictions.Trails are the most enduring memorials of human occupation. Long before stone monuments were created, ... Read more

    $10.79 USD

  • Stagecoach North

    A History of Barnard's Express

    by Ken Mather ...
    An in-depth look at the origins and operations of a pioneering transportation company that moved people and goods across the province throughout the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.At the height of the Cariboo Gold Rush, demand for an efficient transportation route to and from the goldfields was reaching a point of desperation. With a lack of reliable roads to traverse the vast and ... Read more

    $10.69 USD

  • Ranch Tales

    Stories from the Frontier

    by Ken Mather ...
    An entertaining, fast-paced look at early ranching in British Columbia.Frontier historian Ken Mather is known for his fascinating, in-depth profiles of the men and women who established a distinctive ranching culture in Western Canada over a hundred years ago. Now, in this concise collection of stories—based on Mather’s column in the Vernon Morning Star—readers will meet even more colourful ... Read more

    $9.89 USD

  • Buckaroos and Mud Pups: The Early Days of Ranching in British Columbia

    The Early Days of Ranching in British Columbia

    by Ken Mather ...
    Remarkable cattle drives, famous ranches and legendary characters are at the heart of Ken Mather's account of the early days of ranching in British Columbia. These are stories about drovers, ranchers, cowboys and "mud pups" (the remittance men of the ranching industry). You'll meet such people asthe flamboyant Harper brothers, drovers who went on to become the biggest landowners in BC, with ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Frontier Cowboys and the Great Divide

    Early Ranching in BC and Alberta

    by Ken Mather ...
    Despite being neighbouring provinces with long ranching histories, British Columbia and Alberta saw their ranching techniques develop quite differently. As most ranching styles were based on one of the two dominant styles in use south of the border, BC ranchers tended to adopt the California style whereas Alberta took its lead from Texas. But the different practices actually go back much further. ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Wagon Road North

    The Saga of the Cariboo Gold Rush, Revised and Expanded Edition

    by Art Downs ...
    A newly revised and updated edition of the classic pictorial account of the Cariboo Gold Rush trail.First published in 1960, Wagon Road North is the quintessential popular history book chronicling gold-rush-era BC. Focusing on the Cariboo Wagon Road—the crucial transportation route stretching from Fort Yale to Barkerville that made it possible for tens of thousands of prospectors to make their way ... Read more

    $10.79 USD

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  • Klondike Cattle Drive

    by Norman Lee ...
    Series series Classics West Collection
    The latest addition to TouchWood Editions’ Classics West Collection, Klondike Cattle Drive is the colourful tale of a formidable trek undertaken by legendary Cariboo rancher Norman Lee.In 1898, Lee set out to drive 200 head of cattle from his home in the Chilcotin area of B.C. to the Klondike goldfields—a distance of 1,500 miles. He was gambling both his cattle and his life. This is his story, ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Chilcotin Yarns

    by Bruce Watt ...
    Getting three trucks and two horses stuck in the mud on "a good road" into BC's wild, remote interior was just the start of Bruce Watt's Chilcotin adventures—and it was his honeymoon, too. The wildlife, landscape and quirky, down-to-earth people captivated Bruce, and despite the hard work and challenging conditions, the Watts put down roots, raising a family, alongside herds of cattle and horses.A ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • The Ranch on the Cariboo

    by Alan Fry ...
    Series series Classics West Collection
    It was the summer of ’43 on a Cariboo ranch. He was 12 and had to become a man. If you were a man, you could become a cowboy. Join the author on this nostalgic look back on the joys, frustrations and observations of growing up and discovering where he belongs.Excerpt from Eldon Lee's foreword: “This book by Alan Fry is probably the best book ever written on ranch life in the Cariboo. His account ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • The Cariboo Trail

    A Chronicle of the Gold-fields of British Columbia

    by Agnes C. Laut ...
    In "The Cariboo Trail", Agnes C. Laut intricately weaves a narrative that documents the historic journey along the Cariboo Gold Rush Trail in British Columbia during the 1860s. This work, notable for its vivid descriptive language and immersive storytelling, captures both the rugged beauty of the frontier landscape and the tumultuous experiences of those who ventured into it. Laut employs a ... Read more

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