Fonds F2127 - Bob Carry fonds

Bob Carry, 1894-1966, was born on a farm at Morden, Manitoba and moved with his widowed mother to Kirkcaldy, Alberta in 1906. He began work as a cowboy in 1908 and in 1911 started with Pat Burns' Q Ranch at Kew. He served in the First World War, joining the 89th Battalion in 1915. He later transferred to the 31st Battalion. He lost part of his left leg in battle, but took up ranching again on his return to Alberta. He worked for the Sheep Creek Stock Association for many years as well as operating a ranch bordering on the Forest Reserve. He also was a judge with the Calgary Stampede and the Alberta Stampede and Rodeo. He ran the Black Diamond Stampede with Pat Nichols from 1926 to 1946. From 1941 until 1964 he was a councillor for the local Municipal District. He married Eileen Thom in 1940 and they had two daughters, Barbara (Otrhalek) and Roberta (Powell). He was inducted into the Canadian Rodeo Hall of Fame in 1991.

For further information see "The Life of Bob Carry" in Canadian Cattlemen. -- March 1967, p. 14-15, 46-49. Some of his memoirs were published in In the Light of the Flares. -- Turner Valley : Sheep Creek Historical Society, 1974; see also Bob Carry: The Squarest Shooter That Ever Lived / Bert Sheppard, in Canadian Cowboy Country, volume 22, number 3, October/November, 2018, p-36-38.