Welling Station

Welling Station is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within Cardston County.[1]

This article is about a hamlet in Canada. For the railway station in England, see Welling railway station.
Welling Station
Location of Welling Station in Alberta

Welling Station is located on the southeast side of Highway 5 approximately 0.8 kilometres (0.50 mi) south of Highway 5's intersection with Highway 52. The hamlet is approximately 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) south of Welling, 22 kilometres (14 mi) south of Lethbridge, 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) west of Raymond and 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) northeast of Magrath.

Historic site

Welling Station is the historic site of rodeo's first side-delivery bucking chute.[2] In 1916, rancher John W. Bascom and his sons moved to Welling Station, running cattle along Pot Hole Creek.[3] The family produced weekend rodeos on the Bascom Ranch where they designed and made their bucking chute.[4][5] Bascom and his sons - Raymond "Tommy", Melvin, Earl and Weldon - have all been honored in Canada and the United States in halls of fame as rodeo pioneers and for their contributions to the sport of rodeo.[6] Earl Bascom later became a famous western artist and sculptor.[7]

See also

References
  1. Alberta Municipal Affairs (2010-04-01). "Specialized and Rural Municipalities and Their Communities" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-06-21.
  2. "First rodeo champion inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame › Westwind Weekly". www.westwindweekly.com.
  3. http://www.rigginsnrhymes.com/the-riggin-a-little-of-the-history/
  4. "Earl Bascom - Canadian Cowboy Country Magazine". cowboycountrymagazine.com. 1 November 2010.
  5. http://www.cardstonhistoricalsociety.org/galleries/county/029_Ch%206%202015.pdf
  6. "Father of modern rodeo inducted into Hall of Fame - The Western Producer". producer.com. 17 September 2015.
  7. "Rodeo Canada - Official Home of the Canadian Professional Rodeo Association". rodeocanada.com.


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