He is honoured as one of the "Big Four" western cattle kings who started the cattle ranches covered so vast an area of Southern Alberta that he could travel from Cochrane to the US border without ever leaving his land.
He is honoured as one of the "Big Four" western cattle kings who started the Calgary Stampede that is in Alberta. Burns' of cattle ranches covered so vast an area of Southern Alberta that he could travel from Cochrane to the US border without ever leaving his land.