Folks, sooner or later - Genealogists are going to realize that their family kinfolks are laying on some dealer’s dusty shelves. HOW THE CALGARY STAMPEDE BEGAN CALGARY STAMPEDE FOUNDER GUY WEADICK - INDEXED Folks I got hooked on the rodeo many years ago. Didn’t have the privilege of knowing Guy Weadick and his wife, La Due but I sure would have liked to. This is really a history of all the stars of the Calgary Rodeo told through the story entitled “HOW THE CALGARY STAMPEDE BEGAN” by Jerry Armstrong who states that right in the heart of cattle and Indian country on the doorsteps of the Royal Canadian Mounties, lay Calgary, reciting the history of the rodeo and Guy Weadick. INDEXED here are the old time cowboys and cowgirls who participated in the first Calgary Stampede and later on during the exciting life of the founder, Guy A. Weadick: THE LEGENDARY FOUNDER OF THE CALGARY STAMPEDE Please read this. There were many a western story published – the common ones about cowboy and Indians are listed on eCRATER every day but the rarer ones about the rodeos and stampedes of the old west like this one are seldom found. Collectors treasure them and their price guide value rises every day. They are hard to find. I hunt them out cause really the better, untold and rarer stories were published in the rest. Here’s one of ‘em. Following my retirement, I have dedicated my remaining hours to indexing the Genealogy of our western pioneers. During my research, I discovered that thousands of our kinfolk lay unfound and unrecognized on some book dealer’s shelf gathering dust. Because Old Western History and Memorabilia was printed before computer indexing, I index every item I sell. This complete index will be bound and included in this offering at no additional cost. Humbly, I am trying to keep history alive I hope you appreciate the effort. HOW THE CALGARY STAMPEDE BEGAN By Jerry Armstrong ANCESTORS INDEXED HEREIN, CIRCA: 1912 – 1950’s ANCESTOR’S LOCATION: CANADA, UNITED STATES GENEALOGY NAMES INDEXED w * INDICATING PICTURE: ALLEN, Prairie Lillie, Las Vegas, New Mexico ARMSTRONG, Jerry, Author BALDWIN, Tillie, Pendleton, Oregon BLANCHETT, Bertha BOREIN, Ed, Cowboy Artist BURNS, Pat BYERS, Chester, Mulhall, Oklahoma CHILD, Joe Calf * CLANCY, Fog Horn CROSS, A. E. DAY, Addison P. DAY, Ford, Medicine Hat, Alberta ECHOLS, Ed, of Dragoon, Arizona FARES, W. H. GARDNER, Joe, of Sierra Blanca, Texas GIBSON, Hoot * GIBSON, Tom, Calgary, Alberta GIST, Pinky GRAMMER, Henry, Kaw City, Oklahoma GRAY, Bee Ho, of Chickasha, Oklahoma HAIG, Earl * HILL, Louis W. IRWIN, Charley IRWIN, Joel K., of Cheyenne, Wyoming KLINE, Otto, of Livingston, Montana LANE, George LAWRENCE, O. K., of Sulphur, Oklahoma LeGRAND, Emory, of Pincher Creek, Alberta, Canada LEIGH, Bob, Cheyenne, Wyoming MAISH, Frank, of Tulsa, Oklahoma MAISH, Helen, Cheyenne, Wyoming MASSEY, Jim, of Snyder, Texas McLEOD, Tex, of Gonzales, Texas McMULLEN, H. C. MITCHELL, Jim, Medicine Hat, Alberta MULLENS, Dolly, of Engle, New Mexico MULLENS, Johnny ROLLEN, Rufus, of Claremore, Oklahoma RYAN, James, Sr. STEELE, Fannie Sperry, of Mitchell, Montana * STROUD, Leonard, Clarksville, Texas THOMPSON, W. C. THREEPERSONS, Tom, of Blood Indian Reservation WATRIN, Leo * WEADICK, Flores LaDue, wife of Guy Weadick * WEADICK, Guy * WEBSTER, George, Mayor of Calgary * PICTURES AND DESCRIPTIONS w * INDICATING PICTURE: Picture 1: Fannie Sperry Steele, World Lady Champion Bucking Horse Rider, Winnepeg Stampede, 1913. * Picture 2: Calgary Stampede, 1923. * Picture 3: Leo Watrin on So Long, Calgary Stampede. * Picture 4: Hoot Gibson visits with Calgary Mayor George Webster and Guy Weadick. * Picture 5: Guy and Flores LaDue Weadick in 1927. * Picture 6: “Slim” Moorehouse driving World’s Record Team – 36 horses. * Picture 7: Earl Haig and Joe Calf Child at Calgary Stampede. * Picture 8: Action at the wild-horse race, Calgary Stampede. * Picture 9: Cowboys cooking dinner on Eighth Avenue, Calgary Stampede, 1923. * PLACES AND THINGS PROMINENTLY MENTIONED: “Billboard” Blood Indian Reservation Calgary Exhibition (fair) Calgary Exhibition Company Calgary, Alberta, Canada Canadian Pacific Railroad “Cattlemen Magazine,” Canadian magazine Cheyenne Frontier Days Cheyenne, Wyoming Chicago, Illinois Chickasha, Oklahoma Claremore, Oklahoma Clarksville, Texas “Cowboys I have Known,” articles by Guy Weadick Dragoon, Arizona Engle, New Mexico Gonzales, Texas Gordon, Ironsides and Fares, Canadian meat packing firm Great Northern Railroad High River, Alberta, Canada Kansas City Kaw City, Oklahoma Las Vegas, New Mexico Livingston, Montana Medicine Hat, Alberta Miller Brothers’ 101 Ranch Wild West Show Mitchell, Montana Montevideo, Minnesota Mulhall, Oklahoma New York City New York Stampede Pendleton, Oregon Phoenix, Arizona Pincher Creek, Alberta San Clemente, California Sheepshead Bay Speedway, Long Island, New York Shepherd’s Bush Stadium, London, England Sierra Blanca, Texas Snyder, Texas Stampede Ranch in Eden Valley, Dude Ranch in Alberta, Canada Sulphur, Oklahoma “The Calgary Stampede,” Universal’s movie The Speedway Exhibition Company Tulsa, Oklahoma Victory Park, Calgary, Alberta Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada HOW THE CALGARY STAMPEDE BEGANby Jerry Armstrong CALGARY STAMPEDE MEMORABILIA IS RAPIDLY DISAPPEARING While others clip ads from magazines, I save history. It’s a shame that our past is being lost. It’s as simple as that. My wife kids me that after I find a piece I like, buy it, read it, research it, take a picture, scan it, write the blurb, pay the eCRATER entry fee and commission, that I end up making about 50 cents an hour. But, OH HOW I LOVE THIS OLD WESTERN HISTORY. What a story, Rare Story!!! Great Pictures. You will love it as it was published in this old complete western magazine of many years ago. The issue is in excellent condition, the cover is pristine and in vibrant color. As clearly stated in my description, this is featured story in a rarely found and seldom read complete western magazine. I don't give out name of publication or date because I have caught competitors copying my index and work and trying to sell it as theirs. I hope you understand. 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