Calves on the Cochrane ranch, ca. 1901, by Topley Studio - The Canadian West - Exhibitions - Library and Archives Canada
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Calves on the Cochrane ranch
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Senator Matthew Cochrane's letter to the Minister of the Interior, 1881Senator Matthew Cochrane's letter to the Minister of the Interior, 1881


Calves on the Cochrane ranch
ca. 1901, by Topley Studio

In 1881 and 1882, Senator Matthew Cochrane purchased thousands of head of cattle in Montana and drove them to his leased lands west of Calgary. The drive marked the start of the great range cattle industry in western Canada.

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