The ranch home, like this one on the Bedingfeld ranch west of High River, suggests much about the social and economic milieu characteristic of the cattle country. This substantial log home, with attached cowboy quarters, indicates that full-fledged participation in the stock raising industry required a considerable capital investment, and that the ranching community was initially recruited, in large part, from among the more affluent classes. Mrs. A.K. Bedingfeld is standing by the fence.
