Chapter 9 The Half a Mile of Heaven’s Gate

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vi
3. Acknowledgements viii
4. Introduction ix
5. Chapter 1 The Stampede in Historical Context 1
6. Chapter 2 Making Tradition: The Calgary Stampede, 1912–1939 21
7. Chapter 3 The Indians and the Stampede 47
8. Chapter 4 Calgary’s Parading Culture Before 1912 73
9. Chapter 5 Midway to Respectability: Carnivals at the Calgary Stampede 111
10. Chapter 6 More Than Partners: The Calgary Stampede and the City of Calgary 147
11. Chapter 7 Riding Broncs and Taming Contradictions: Reflections on the Uses of the Cowboy in the Calgary Stampede 175
12. Chapter 8 A Spurring Soul: A Tenderfoot’s Guide to the Calgary Stampede Rodeo 203
13. Chapter 9 The Half a Mile of Heaven’s Gate 235
14. Chapter 10 “Cowtown It Ain’t”: The Stampede and Calgary’s Public Monuments 251
15. Chapter 11 “A Wonderful Picture”: Western Art and the Calgary Stampede 271
16. Chapter 12 The Social Construction of the Canadian Cowboy: Calgary Exhibition and Stampede Posters, 1952–1972 293
17. Chapter 13 Renewing the Stampede for the 21st Century: A Conversation with Vern Kimball, Calgary Stampede Chief Executive Officer 325
18. Bibliography 335
19. Contributors 348
20. Index 351