Andy liked to tell jokes on himself. He told that one day while he was at the MacKay place, he was driving a bronc and standing up in the wagon when his dog started barking at the horses. Fearing that the dog would scare the bronc, Andy snapped a line at the dog. The dog seized the line in his teeth and jerked Andy off the wagon.

We went to Springbank School on the first school bus; the old bus was a wooden van with no windows on the sides and two benches on each side.

At the outbreak of the Riel Rebellion in the spring of 1885, Wheeler Mickle, who was known to be an excellent teamster, was hired by General Strange.

Charles did not stop in Saskatchewan; he continued working his way westward, finally arriving at the Cowan ranch in the Big Hill Springs area in 1886. He was sixteen years old. Here he obtained employment as a ranch hand. He left Cowans to work for C. W. Fisher and later worked at the Union Bank as Ranch and Homestead Inspector, and in still later years as Imperial Oil Agent for Cochrane. He was also a Justice of the Peace and Police Magistrate for a while.

Throughout the Depression and drought years of the 30’s, the W.I. carried on its activities. Then with WWII the ladies supplied care parcels for the boys overseas and made quilts for the Red Cross.

As well, Miles Smeeton, an ex-English cavalryman, had moved into the Cochrane area. He encouraged the kids, becoming involved with the club and his thoughts were that Pony Club was not just for equitation but for fun and competition.