The SPIRIT OF THE WEST Podcast #22607 week of February 14, 2026

In 1996 Western Stock Growers celebrated their centennial with a week –long cattle drive across a vast open piece of rangeland. 1500 people, 1700 horses, 2000 steers. Tlhe then manager of the Douglas Lake ranch, Joe Gardiner  and his family took part and this week you’ll hear his colourful stories from that event. The music will take you along on this epic ride, and there’s cowboy poetry and  the story of a troubled horse and a surprising  cure