Frank Parker

A young cowboy's headstone at Frieden United Cemetery near Hanna, Alberta.

The plaque reads:

"Originally from North Dakota, brothers Frank, Jim, Ed and John drove cattle from Ardley to Watts flats in 1902.  They wintered the cattle at the Buffalo Gap spring.

"During the first year Frank became sick and died.  His body was wrapped up and allowed to freeze and in the spring he was buried and this boulder was used to mark the spot. 

"In 2015 the boulder was moved to this cemetery and dedicated to the memory of a young man, whose spirit led him to start a cattle operation on the open range.  He died before he could marry or raise a family.  His nephew, the younger son of Jim Parker, was named after him.  His parents and siblings are resting in the Hanna Cemetery." 

"Arrangements by Jim, Ken, Pat and Bill Parker, all born and raised in Hanna."

Photographed on November 14, 2018.