Bar U Ranch - Calgary
Thu, Sep 19
|Bar U Ranch National Historic Site
Art on the Range
Time & Location
Sep 19, 2024, 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Bar U Ranch National Historic Site, Township Rd 17B and, Township Rd 17A, Longview, AB T0L 1H0, Canada
About the Event
Roots families are invited to join us at Bar U Ranch for a full day of fun!
- Ranching became art by Charlie Russell working as a cowboy then developing into a world- famous western artist. George Lane, Bar U Ranch owner and Charlie Russel developed a friendship, while Charlie Russel was passing through the area. Charlie Russell painted “A Quest of Survival” in 1912, a lifesize bronze of this, this is located in the parking area of the Bar U Ranch Visitor Centre. Try your hand at painting this represents how events were depicted in art back in the 1800’s.Cookhouse
- Fred Stimpson managed to persuade the Post Office Department to establish another Post Office (rather than just in High River) to be known as the Pekisko Creek Post Office, located at the North West Cattle Company’s Headquarters (Bar U Ranch). This program will talk about John Ware and…