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Calgary Stampede Parade Pictures

The first Calgary Stampede appeared in 1912 and even at that time writers were bemoaning the slow disappearance of the open range cowboy. Many years before the first Stampede the citizens of Calgary were staging an annual Agricultural Fair. More about Guy Weadick - Calgary Stampede Founder.

The whole town would turn out for the Fairs and in 1886 there were competitions for draft horses, sheep, swine, home cooking, embroidery, gun shooting, plants and flowers, buggies and carriages. Prizes were awarded for many events including horse shoe tossing and even a perty baby contest!

The parents of the 3 baby contestants were so adamant about who the winner should be, that the judges prudently retreated out of gun distance and announced that a prize would be awarded to each contestant! Ah - the Golden Days of the Old West! Classic Cowboy Cartoons

Calgary Stampede The Gunfight at Rope Square

Every Day of Stampede (except Sundays) there's a slew of activities at Rope Square, in downtown Calgary. The traditional, or sometimes less than traditional Old West Gunfight is the closing act, for these activities.

We'd like to say a big thank-you to our American brothers and sisters in the Cody (Wyoming) Gunfighters, and the Bitter Creek Outlaws, for coming up to Calgary and helping us entertain.

Thanks Jesse, C. J., Miss Kitty, Teton Jackson, Wild Bill and Gentlemen Jim for all your help and support. We hope you had as much fun in Calgary, as we did being your hosts. See you in Cody, Wyoming, at the end of September pards!

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Dodge City Peace Commission photo of 1876
Seated Left to right: Charley Bassett, Wyatt Earp, Frank McLain, Neal Brown.
Back Row from Left: Longfellow (recruited in 2007 and standing in for W. H. Smith), Luke Short, Bat Masterson, and W. F. Petillon.
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