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A cattleman and a sheepman fight over land and a girl, leading to a showdown.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2021
After taking a flight to Salt Lake City from Bilboa, Spain, he found work with sheepman Jay Beaus for 1 1/2 years.
From Washington Times ● May 7, 2016
Mysterious of provenance but willing to teach Albert marksmanship for his impending middle-of-the-movie showdown with Foy, Anna becomes attracted to the sheepman.
From Time ● May 28, 2014
It was a moment of brave anger in the 19th century, but it passed; the white sheepman was acquitted so quickly the jurors scarcely had to leave their chairs.
From Time Magazine Archive
At the end of each year since this takeover, every sheepman, woman, and child in Milagro had discovered themselves heavily in debt to the Devine Company.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
And as the older generations of Basque immigrants died and the local outfits shut down, Etcheverry remained one of the few Basque sheepmen left in Idaho.
From Washington Times ● May 7, 2016
Mr. Etcheverry is one of the last Basque sheepmen left in the American West, where there were once hundreds, if not thousands, like him.
From New York Times ● Aug. 24, 2012
U.S. sheepmen have traditionally allowed sheep to roam their ranges, fenced in but otherwise untended by shepherds or dogs.
From Time Magazine Archive
This piece of territorial legislation was backed by salmon packers who claimed depletion of streams; sheepmen who pointed to deaths in their flocks; farmers who said the bears menace human life.
From Time Magazine Archive
The sheepmen who survived did so only by becoming indentured servants to the large companies that controlled the range and the grazing permit system.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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