Cowboy Days

When I went to work on the GH Ranch in Alberta there was a very skilled cowboy called Jack Gill who rode as well as Ben Johnson...

and was a tough gentle man who took the time to show me a couple of things. In an essay "Father's Son" I call him "Rick Bean"--but he was Jack Gill, and he and Sid Cunningham were the top hands on some ranches that ran stock around James River Bridge, Caroline, Sundre. Impressive men. Found the picture of Jack (top) from his rodeo days. I think he also use to drive chuckwagon races at the Stampede, a wildly risky event, straight outta Ben Hur.