Cattlemen and Cowboys of British Columbia
Profiles of beef cattle people connected to British Columbia.
Also honored
- Cecil Chase b. 1917 Cowboy and horse-tamer who ran cattle on leased land in the 1970s-80s.
- Charlie Hance b. 1900 Gang Ranch cowboy from age 12 and later head cowboy at Riske Creek.
- Cornelius O'Keefe 1838-1919 Ontario-born pioneer rancher who drove cattle herds in the BC interior and Oregon in the 1860s and built a ranch near Vernon.
- Dick Threlkeld b. 1923 Kamloops-area working cowboy who rode on fall cattle drives.
- Ernest Haughton b. 1911 Rancher who ran up to 350 head and had a reputation for selecting breeding bulls.
- Floyd 'Pan' Phillips b. 1910 Illinois-born rancher who established the Home Ranch with Rich Hobson and drove cattle 100+ miles to Nazko and Quesnel.
- Frances Patricia (Paddy) Cripps b. 1907 Daughter of the Alkali Lake Ranch owners who worked cattle and branding from childhood.
- Frederick Nichol 1907-1997 Left school at 14 to ranch, managed cattle for the Hull Estate in the North Thompson, showed his own cattle and founded the Pinantan 4-H club.
- Gerry Bracewell b. 1922 Ranched and guided in the West Chilcotin for 62 years, running the Circle X Ranch while her husband was at war.
- Helen Kerr living or unknown Rancher's daughter hailed as one of the best cowboys, with rare skill at spotting sick animals and doctoring cattle while riding range.
- Joe Coutlee b. 1867 Rose to cow boss at Douglas Lake Ranch, known for identifying individual animals in a herd of 13,000 and gauging pasture capacity.
- Joe Rosette b. 1934 Gang Ranch-raised cowboy who started work at 12 and rose to cowboss.
- John Carmichael Haynes 1831-1888 Irish-born customs officer and rancher on the Osoyoos frontier, who oversaw the passage of thousands of cattle through his station and later ranched in the southern interior.
- Joseph Guichon 1843-1921 French-born rancher described as a significant figure on the 19th-century British Columbia ranching frontier with considerable success in stock raising.
- Mike Ferguson b. 1918 Worked as cowboss at Douglas Lake Ranch for 38 years.
- Pat and Charlie Baker Charlie b. 1921; Pat b. 1926 Ranching couple among the first in their area to bring Charolais cattle, running about 750 cows and 500 yearlings.
- R.W. (Dick) Ardill b. 1926 Rancher whose family ranch runs about 400 commercial Hereford cow-calf pairs across roughly 40 sections.
- Slim Dorin b. 1913 Cowboy and rodeo competitor who became cow boss at Douglas Lake Ranch and later an order buyer.
- William (Bill) Twan b. 1913 Cariboo cowboy who managed and served as cow boss at Alkali Lake Ranch and was the focus of a 1950s CBC documentary on working cattle.
