The First Stampede of Flores LaDue
Biography, Canadian history
Synthetic audio, Automated braille
Summary
The true love story of Florence and Guy Weadick, in celebration of the Centenary of the Calgary Stampede, 1912 - 2012.The love story of rodeo promoter Guy Weadick and trick roper Flores LaDue began among the rough-and-tumble vaudevillians who preserved… the frontier way of life in the first Wild West shows. Their love endured through North American performances in the small-time and big-time circuits, to the audiences of Europe, and culminated in 1912 with the most spectacular of accomplishments - the establishment of the greatest outdoor show on earth, the Calgary Stampede.