Fire Side

and in magazine issue

By Fred Miller Gather round the fire, folks I’ll tell to you my tale Of guns an’ stock an’ riders And of moonlight on the trail Of rock an’ rain an’ sunshine In an almost forgotten time Of trails all growed over ‘Mongst the high up twisted pine Of the view you get of sundown …

Horse Loggin’, Okanagan

and in magazine issue

By Bud McKague (1935-2002) In the winter Okanagan In the old days of horse loggin’, When the skid teams come a ‘foggin’, I can hear their tug chains still. And the faller, was a bawler, And you should of heard him holler, “Timber!” down the mountain; You could hear it at the mill. And the …

Montie Montana

and in magazine issue

From Big Muddy to ‘Big Time’ Not every child that slid down a snow-covered hill in Saskatchewan’s Big Muddy Valley eventually had their photo on the front page of every major newspaper in the free world. Owen Harlan Mickel did. Owen was the fifth child of Edgar and Mary Mickel. His parents had …

Valley Star!

and in magazine issue

Congratulations to Beeton, Ontario’s Naomi Bristow, on being named the 2022 Female Vocalist of the Year by the Valley Star Awards in Texas. Bristow, who is a popular Canadian yodeller has enjoyed tremendous success on both sides of the Medicine Line, including television appearances and gigs in Branson. The Valley Star Awards are held in …