Cayley Resident Honoured by Stampede

Bill Dunn of Cayley received the Western Legacy Award at a banquet held by the Calgary Stampede on October 21st. He was honoured in the Innovation category for his work maintaining markers and locating sites on the Old Macleod Trail.
While researching the location and history of the Cayley Stockyards Bill came across a marker along Highway 2A. This set him on another mission to find and restore all the markers along this historic trail.
Bill refurbishes and paints weathered wagon wheels that serve as the Trail markers. The Old Macleod Trail used to run from Fort Benton, Montana to Fort Edmonton.
Bill has some help from local elementary students from around southern Alberta, who join the restoration project and as they paint, he shares the history of the trail, bringing it alive and making it exciting to learn about western history.
Bill hopes to have a new marker in place later this year at DeWinton where there are still some original trail ruts!