An informally organized stockman's association helped to maintain range policies such as these and also established a boundary below the forested areas known as the sheepline above which sheep were not allowed to graze. Disputes over this line often involved gun play and destruction of sheep. During the glory days of ranching, the cattle were driven in from winter pasture to be branded and then would spend the summer grazing on the upper ranges. Each fall the beef cattle were separated from the herd and shipped by rail to Denver or Kansas City. The remainder of the herd would return to lower elevation winter pastures.
Cattle ranching and farming continue today on a more limited basis.
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