The Range

About this book

Ranchers range and wildlife managers and old-timers tell in their won words about life on the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains. As fascinating to read as it is skillfully woven into cohesive historical narrative this collection of first-hand accounts is crucial in understanding how The Range has evolved from a prehistoric home for Indians and buffalo to a modern setting for cattle sheep horses wildlife and a few crops. This book crosses many boundaries: seasons years decades; Canada and the United States; ranchers farmers sportsmen; old and new technologies. But always it focuses on the land and our dependence on it.