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Every mark had meaning. Marks that shaped a frontier. Alberta Cattle And Horse Brands; Recorded During The Period From 1st Of January, 1907, To 31st Of December 1913 presents a meticulous register of cattle and horse brands logged across Alberta during the early twentieth century. This historic cattle brand registry acts as a livestock brand catalogue and a vintage horse brands book: straightforward, authoritative and immediately useful for Canadian cattle identification and for anyone studying western livestock branding. The entries preserve registration marks and ownership notes in a form that suits genealogy research in Alberta, letting family historians tie names to places and herds. Students of prairie provinces history and those assembling early 1900s ranch records will find primary data here for tracking movement, disputes and local practice. Curators, museums and collectors of livestock memorabilia or antique agricultural documents will appreciate the book's material authenticity; casual readers curious about rural life can dip into its concise entries and encounter the practical language of ranching without editorial colour. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. Its value is both archival and cultural: the register documents a working system of identification that underpinned property, order and economy on the frontier, and so it stands as a small yet vital record of regional life. Archivists and reference librarians will treat it as a useful complement to official Alberta livestock records; classic-literature collectors and enthusiasts of livestock memorabilia will prize it as a tangible, research-ready artefact. Practical, evocative and quietly authoritative, this book suits anyone from casual browsers of rural archives to dedicated historians assembling a ranching history reference. A necessary volume for regional reference shelves everywhere.
