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Together they founded the Calgary Stampede, as well as other cultural and entrepreneurial activities in Calgary, Alberta, Canada in the early years of the 20th century. George Lane and A.J. McLean were ranchers, Pat Burns owned a meat packing business and A.E. Cross was a brewery owner. [2] All four men were involved in Alberta's cattle ...
Cattle baron is a historic term for a local businessman and landowner who possessed great power or influence [1] through the operation of a large ranch with many beef cattle. Cattle barons in the late 19th century United States were also sometimes referred to as cowmen , [ 2 ] stockmen, or just ranchers .
Patrick Burns (July 6, 1856 – February 24, 1937) [1] was a Canadian rancher, meat packer, businessperson, senator, and philanthropist.A self-made man of wealth, he built one of the world's largest integrated meat-packing empires, P. Burns & Co., becoming one of the wealthiest Canadians of his time.
Portrait of John Simpson Chisum (1824–1884), taken from The Story of the Outlaw: A Study of the Western Desperado (1907) [1]. John Simpson Chisum (August 15, 1824 – December 22, 1884) was a wealthy cattle baron on the frontier in the American West in the mid-to-late 19th century.
It was sold to another cattle baron family in 1910 before becoming a boarding house in 1940 for the Girls Service League of Fort Worth, a nonprofit focused on higher education for women.
The ranch was founded by Fred Stimson, whose North West Cattle Company kept cattle on 147,000 acres (59,000 ha) of open range between 1881 and 1902. Stimson used the Bar U brand for NWCC stock. From 1902 to 1925 the Bar U was operated by George Lane and his business partners, whose business ventures included meat packing, mills and other farms ...
The area ran approximately 80 miles (130 km) north to south and 50 miles (80 km) east to west. [2] [6] [7] [15] Brown's eastern neighbor was the cattle baron Bill Hanley, who owned two large ranches south and east of Burns. [7] Brown divided his operations into two ranches, the Gap Ranch and the Buck Creek Ranch.
This page lists Canadian men and women engaged in the breeding, raising and selling of cattle, and organizations and associations involved with this trade. Pages in category "Canadian cattlemen" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.