Leslie Leighton interview : [Reimer, 1974]
- AAAB0006
- Item
- 1974-10-24 [date recorded]
Part of Provincial Archives of British Columbia audio interviews, 1974-1992
CALL NUMBER: T0006:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Leslie Leighton : the last of the first cowboys : part 1 PERIOD COVERED: 1860-1920 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1974-10-24 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Leslie Leighton's parents' backgrounds in B.C. from the 1860s. Father's Glenbrook Ranch at Savona. Building of irrigation works on Durant Creek, 1909. Feed for cattle. Housing on the ranch and building a log cabin. Description of cowboys working on ranch. Cowboys' drinking habits. Good food from chuck wagons. Interviewee as "The last of the first cowboys". Work for Cattleman John Wilson and with several of the original cowboys in B.C. Early cowboys on drives from Oregon and at the Gang Ranch. TRACK 2: The Harper family ranches (Gang, Perry, Harper Camp and Kelly Lake). Leighton's own; youth, schooling. Description of the yearly round of ranch work. John Wilson's role in the region. Leighton's work as a stage driver for the BX company. Stage schedules and conditions on the Cariboo Road. Modern chuck wagon racing. Leaving Ashcroft at night. [continued on T0006:0002]; CALL NUMBER: T0006:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Leslie Leighton : the last of the first cowboys : part 2 PERIOD COVERED: 1890-1930 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1974-10-24 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Breaking horses. Breaking techniques. Christmas on the ranch. Dances, weddings, fairs and exhibitions. Races and bucking contests. Saddle horse contests. Hospitals and childbirth in hospitals. Cowboys at the hotel when injured. [TRACK 2: blank.]