Tag: Calgary Stampede

The Nashville Number Calgary Keeps Quoting Is An Airport

The US$28.3 billion figure being quoted for Nashville music is a Tennessee…

The Wagon Route That Fed Calgary Before the Railway Came

From about 1870 to 1885, bull trains of 130 oxen and 30…

Rancher and Stuntman John Scott Enters Alberta Order of Excellence

John Scott's grandfather homesteaded near Longview in 1904, a year before Alberta…

1,411,954 Reasons the Stampede Is Not Slowing Down

The 114th Calgary Stampede drew 1,411,954 guests over ten days, its third…

The New Yorker Who Invented Calgary’s Loudest Ten Days

Guy Weadick staged the first Calgary Stampede in September 1912 with $20,000…

The Voice That Started Every Race for 45 Years

Joe Carbury called the Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby for 45 years, per…

The Man Who Walked 100 Miles to Build an Empire

Patrick Burns was born in Ontario in 1856, came west in 1878…

The Cowgirl Who Came to Compete in 1912 and Stayed

Goldie St. Clair placed second in cowgirls' bucking at the first Calgary…

Bison Sausage and Grilled Perogies for a Prairie Barbecue

A prairie barbecue plate of bison sausage and grilled perogies with onions…

Why Calgary Says Yahoo Instead of Yeehaw at the Stampede

Yee-haw is the sound of the Hollywood West. Yahoo is Calgary's own,…