topic:"horses" found 3 records - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

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

Websites

https://rmbooks.com/book/the-green-horse/

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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

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: History; History-Canada; Canada; Racism; Cowboys; Ranching; Horses; Biography

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

Websites

https://redbarnbooks.ca/products/john-ware

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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.

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

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

Websites

https://mountainmetis.com/long-road-home

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