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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
And being a sheepman connected to the Devine Company was like trying to raise mutton in a tank full of sharks, barracudas, and piranha fish.
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
Something is happening to the state of Texas and the state of basketball, once as compatible as cattlemen and sheepmen in the West.
From Time Magazine Archive
They belong by family and tradition in the rolling Delaware Valley country, and as poultrymen, dairymen, sheepmen and general farmers they are pursuing the only profession they know.
From Time Magazine Archive
West, the cattlemen, sheepmen, and farmers all despised each other.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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