The Cowboy Trail

Home, home on the range used to be the anthem of prairie towns like Calgary. These days, urban kidlets often find range animals like cows and horses a novelty. We say reconnect your family with the Wild West and hit the highway to Cochrane.
It’s a town named after politician turned cowboy, Senator M. Cochrane, who was instrumental in building cattle country late in the nineteenth century. Historic Cochrane RancheHouse still stands on the outskirts of town today and is home to the spectacular Cochrane Mural. Created by 216 individually painted images, the mural represents the connection between people and horses epitomized in this part of the world. You can view the mural Monday to Friday between 8:30 am and 4:30 pm.

If you elect to visit the Cochrane RancheHouse on the weekend, check out the Farmer’s Market Thursdays to Saturdays from 9 am to 5 pm through the end of September. Don’t forget to travel up the hill from the Ranche to visit the Man of Vision statue erected in Senator Cochrane’s honor.