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Howdy, I'm John Ware : and this is the story of my cowboy life
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25246
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2020
- Author
- Clough, Ayesha
- Rookwood, Hugh
- Publisher
- Carstairs, Alberta, Canada : Red Barn Books
- Call Number
- 08.1 C62h
1 website
- Author
- Clough, Ayesha
- Rookwood, Hugh
- Responsibility
- Ayesha Clough (author)
- Hugh Rookwood (illustrator)
- Publisher
- Carstairs, Alberta, Canada : Red Barn Books
- Published Date
- 2020
- Physical Description
- 39 pages : chiefly colour illustrations, colour maps, portraits
- Abstract
- Howdy, I’m John Ware is a children's book about Canada's legendary Black cowboy. The story, ideal for ages 6-12, brings the real-life legend to a new generation of kids. Despite experiencing enslavement, war and discrimination, this gifted horseman blazed a trail of kindness, becoming one of Alberta’s most loved and respected pioneer ranchers. (From publisher's website)
- ISBN
- 9781999108786
- Accession Number
- P2020.07
- Call Number
- 08.1 C62h
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Publisher's website
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Horse woman : notes on living well & riding better
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25537
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2019
- Author
- McLean, Lee
- Publisher
- Carstairs, Alberta : Red Barn Books
- Edition
- Deluxe Edition
- Call Number
- 02.8 M22h
- Author
- McLean, Lee
- Edition
- Deluxe Edition
- Publisher
- Carstairs, Alberta : Red Barn Books
- Published Date
- 2019
- Physical Description
- 207 pages ; illustrations ; 23 cm
- Subjects
- Horses
- Cowboys
- Animals
- Mental Health
- Abstract
- Lee McLean was born to ride ... and to write. In these pages, you will enter the world of a master horsewoman and ride with her through the seasons of the year, and the ages and stages of life. The stories come from a riding journal kept for over forty-five years, and the best of her Keystone Equine blogs. Distilled into one year, but made up of many, they reflect a life lived in the saddle. As much about human nature as about horses, this book will become a resource you turn to, again and again. It offers sound technical advice, paired with storytelling, humour and the gift of healing. -- From inside cover
- Contents
- Winter: Hope ; Spring: Wellness ; Summer: Learning ; Autumn: Reflection
- ISBN
- 9781999108779
- Accession Number
- 2022.14
- Call Number
- 02.8 M22h
- Collection
- Archives Library
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The green horse : my early years in the Canadian Rockies : a park warden's story
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25013
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2017
- Author
- Portman, Dale
- Publisher
- [Victoria, British Columbia] : Rocky Mountain Books
- Call Number
- 08.3 P81t
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- Author
- Portman, Dale
- Publisher
- [Victoria, British Columbia] : Rocky Mountain Books
- Published Date
- 2017
- Physical Description
- 368 pages : illustrations, map
- Abstract
- Born in the west but raised initially in the east, Dale Portman was eight years old when his family headed back to the land of the Rockies. Growing up in Calgary, he was introduced to the Rocky Mountains at an early age and as a young man eventually found work in Banff National Park, where he spent most of his time in the saddle while working for outfitter Bert Mickle, based out of Skoki Lodge near Lake Louise. Jobs in the local tourist industry and at a couple of ski hills followed. Eventually Dale was drawn to the warden service, doing avalanche control and forecasting in Rogers Pass, with the backcountry of northern Jasper, Yoho National Park and Field, BC, eventually becoming the stage for many memorable, humorous, tragic and life-affirming moments. The Green Horse takes the reader on a journey through a time when our mountain national parks were less touristy and more substantive. When there was space for everyone to enjoy without having to line up and there was a sense of freedom and adventure in the air. (From Rocky Mountain Books website)
- Contents
- Foreword -- Prologue -- My youth -- Banff and Lake Louise -- Faye and Donny -- A mountain winter and a spring roundup -- Dale and the Mickles -- Lake Louise -- Rogers Pass -- Early Jasper -- Alfie and Ginger -- Jasper tales -- Blue Creek -- Yoho -- Yoho again -- Epilogue.
- ISBN
- 9781771602266
- Accession Number
- P2020-2
- Call Number
- 08.3 P81t
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Summary on Rocky Mountain Books website
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Ya Ha Tinda : A homeplace, celebrating 100 years of the Canadian government's only working horse ranch
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19803
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2017
- Author
- Calvert, Kathy
- Publisher
- Victoria, B.C. : Rocky Mountain Books
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Call Number
- 08.3 C11y
- Author
- Calvert, Kathy
- Responsibility
- Kathy Calvert
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Publisher
- Victoria, B.C. : Rocky Mountain Books
- Published Date
- 2017
- Physical Description
- 190 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 23 cm
- Abstract
- "An illustrated history celebrating the 100th anniversary of this historic, working horse ranch located along the eastern slopes of the Canadian Rockies. The story of the Ya Ha Tinda and its evolution into the only continuously operating federal government horse ranch in Canada is much more than the story of the people who worked and lived there. Its ancient history is an amalgam of geological evolution, with archaeological evidence of ancient indigenous people's use of the land for over 9,400 years and a biophysical inventory of flora and fauna unique to this particular landscape. So important is this small footprint, that it has been the source of a constant struggle for control between governments and special interest groups since the early 1900s, when the Brewster Brothers Transfer Company first obtained a grazing lease in the area for raising and breaking horses for their guiding and outfitting business in Banff and Lake Louise. This unique book covers the 100 years since the inception of the ranch: its challenges to survive intact to the 2017 centennial celebration and the stories of the men and women who worked and survived on the spread as they fought the elements and the politics to keep it as a "home place" for both the warden service and Parks Canada."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents
- ch. 1 Discovery -- ch. 2 The Golden Years -- ch. 3 An Uncertain Future -- ch. 4 Some Degree of Settlement -- ch. 5 Resolution to an Elusive Future -- ch. 6 The Shifting Scene.
- ISBN
- 9781771602280
- Accession Number
- p2019-23
- Call Number
- 08.3 C11y
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- Archives Library
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Long road home : centennial commemoration of Jasper's Mountain Metis
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14412
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2014?
- Publisher
- Alberta : People & Peaks Productions ; Willmore Wilderness Foundation
- Call Number
- 07.2 W68l DVD
1 website
- Responsibility
- Willmore Wilderness Foundation ; collaborative production with the Mountain Metis Centre
- Publisher
- Alberta : People & Peaks Productions ; Willmore Wilderness Foundation
- Published Date
- 2014?
- Physical Description
- 1 digital video disc : sound, colour ; 12 cm.
- Subjects
- Jasper National Park
- Metis
- Willmore Wilderness Provincial Park
- Horses
- Pack trips
- History
- History of Alberta
- Notes
- Summary: In 1806 Metis guide Jacco Findlay was the first to blaze a packtrail over Howse Pass and the Continental Divide. He made a map for Canadian explorer David Thompson, who followed one year later. Jacco left the North West Company and became the first "Freeman" or "Otipemisiwak" in the Athabasca Valley. In 1907 the Canadian Government passed an Order in Council for the creation of the "Jasper Forest Park" enforcing the evacuation of the Metis in the Athabasca Valley. By 1909 guns were seized causing the community to surrender its homeland including Jacco's descendants. Six Metis families made their exodus after inhabiting the area for a century. This documentary, focuses on a 14-day return trip of the descendants of the evicted families, as well as Jacco's progeny. Storied are shared through the voices of family members as they reveal their struggle to preserve traditions and culture as Mountain Metis.
- ISBN
- 829982125729
- Call Number
- 07.2 W68l DVD
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Website for film and Mountain Metis - Otipemisiwak
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Wild horses, wild wolves : legends at risk at the foot of the Canadian Rockies
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14603
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2013
- Author
- Enns, Maureen
- Publisher
- Victoria, BC : Rocky Mountain Books
- Call Number
- 04.2 En6w
- Author
- Enns, Maureen
- Responsibility
- Maureen Enns
- Publisher
- Victoria, BC : Rocky Mountain Books
- Published Date
- 2013
- Physical Description
- 215 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 23 cm
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references
- ISBN
- 9781927330234
- Accession Number
- P2015-09-03
- Call Number
- 04.2 En6w
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Mustang country
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24981
- Medium
- Library - Moving image (includes film and digital video - published)
- Published Date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Universal City, Calif. : Universal Studios : Universal Studios Home Entertainment
- Call Number
- 06.3 M97 DVD
1 website
- Responsibility
- John Champion (writer, producer, director)
- Joel McCrea
- Robert Fuller
- Patrick Wayne
- Nika Mina
- Publisher
- Universal City, Calif. : Universal Studios : Universal Studios Home Entertainment
- Published Date
- 2012
- Physical Description
- 1 videodisc (79 min.) : sound, color
- Subjects
- Films
- Film making
- Banff National Park
- Engler, Bruno
- Horses
- Ranches
- Ranching
- First Nations
- Dogs
- Abstract
- Starring Joel McCrea as an ex-rodeo start turned sheep farmer, Mustang Country is an exciting family adventure set in the wilderness. With the help of an orphaned Native American teen (Nika Mina), a mare called Rosie, and a scene-stealing dog named Luke, Dan (McCrea) tracks down a magnificent black stallion along the Canadian border circa 1925. Filmed on location in Banff National Park near Alberta, Canada, and co-starring Patrick Wayne (son of John) and Robert Fuller, this appealing film was the final movie starring Western favorite Joel McCrea" (back of DVD)
- Notes
- Originally released as motion picture in 1976
- Still photography by Bruno Engler
- Bonus features include: Publicity stills; scene stills; behind-the-scenes photos ; movie poster; lobby cards; TCMDb article.
- Accession Number
- P2019-31
- Call Number
- 06.3 M97 DVD
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Mustang Country on IMDb
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Window of Hope
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactgro.16.01
- Artist
- Lois Green
- Date
- 2012 – 2012
- Medium
- bronze
- Catalogue Number
- GrO.16.01
- Description
- Relief featuring two horses at left moving away from the viewer. At right is “window” with 5 vertical bars [trees?]. Relief has soft texture all over. Green tinged bronze. Inscription at bottom edge reads “lois 2012 6/6”. Two loops carved at back and threaded with short length of wire for hanging.
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- Artist
- Lois Green
- Title
- Window of Hope
- Date
- 2012 – 2012
- Medium
- bronze
- Dimensions
- 23.5 x 24.5 cm
- Description
- Relief featuring two horses at left moving away from the viewer. At right is “window” with 5 vertical bars [trees?]. Relief has soft texture all over. Green tinged bronze. Inscription at bottom edge reads “lois 2012 6/6”. Two loops carved at back and threaded with short length of wire for hanging.
- Credit
- Gift of Lois Green, 2021
- Catalogue Number
- GrO.16.01
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The first Stampede of Flores LaDue : based on the true love story of Florence and Guy Weadick in celebration of the centenary of the Calgary Stampede, 1912-2012
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14175
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2011
- Author
- Bryden, Wendy
- Publisher
- New York : Simon & Schuster
- Call Number
- 08.2 B84f
- Author
- Bryden, Wendy
- Responsibility
- Wendy Bryden
- Publisher
- New York : Simon & Schuster
- Published Date
- 2011
- Physical Description
- xi, 208 p. : ill.
- Subjects
- Calgary Exhibition and Stampede
- Horses
- Stoney First Nation (formerly known as Stoney Indians)
- ISBN
- 9781451609325
- Accession Number
- 70,000 12-12-27
- Call Number
- 08.2 B84f
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- Archives Library
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Radke Outfitting and Horseback Adventures Ltd online publications
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54838
- Scope & Content
- File consists of printed materials retrieved from online resources pertaining to Canadian Rockies excursion companies Radke Outfitting and Horseback Adventures Ltd. Includes schedules, itineraries, price lists and booking information.
- Date Range
- 2006
- Reference Code
- M545 / III / 26
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Published record
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M545 / V635
- Series
- M545 / III : Published records
- Sous-Fonds
- M545
- Accession Number
- 8235
- Reference Code
- M545 / III / 26
- Date Range
- 2006
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of printed materials retrieved from online resources pertaining to Canadian Rockies excursion companies Radke Outfitting and Horseback Adventures Ltd. Includes schedules, itineraries, price lists and booking information.
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Advertising
- Animals
- Horseback riding
- Horses
- Businesses
- Travel
- Tourism
- Recreation
- Sports
- Skiing
- Hiking
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff National Park
- Jasper National Park
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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