Charlie lassoing reindeer

Date Added: 10 February 2011 Contributor: Gordon Urquhart Year of Photo: 1956 Picture No: 841

Charlie Ferguson gets a lesson in lassoing from Mikel Utsi, mid 50s. The reindeer were brought to Rothiemurchus and Glenmore in 1952 by Mikel Utsi, himself a reindeer herder from Lapland. By 1955, local lad Charlie Ferguson was acting as assistant herder when he could get off school. He later became full-time herder before eventually taking up the job of trapper (later designated forest ranger) at Glenmore, where he worked until he took early retirement due to ill-health.

Thanks to Mary Ferguson

Groups: Glenmore Forestry

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