, 1922-01-22
Activities Spanning Period
Oh Fifty Years Are Big
Revelation
BIZ r. s. KING.
pAm>r3c.n Corri>dzis Associaftop.
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|. The first band of sheep
brought into Wyoming was a
bunch, some two thousand Ia
number, that came from Ohio.
A Mr.. HOLSTER, who occupied
ia farm in Ohio Jointly with
his brother. decided to ssp.rats from
tnAr association \ soid out Ha
bought q band Of old ewes and dro<s
tnem through to California. winter.
ma them on the Laramie pir.n, In
. Winfer Of iSso-sl- Tbs story of
these sheep 10 told In the Memoirs OF
pm shermaa. who was necretary OF
state under President MCKINLEY n
secretary OF treasury under President
hAyeA 1dr- Sherman states therein
that he met Mr.. Hoilister In calfor.
MIA IN 1870 and rocites what Mr.. Hoi.
lister told him about his trfu frru
OHIO 70 California with the sheep.
In 1870 c. w. Riner and the Durh,n
brothers bought = flock Of sheen IN
New Mexico and drove them through
Colorado to cheyenna. whore they
were run until they could be slaurh.
tered The following yea- thsy
brought In 1900 more that were run
soutn or Cheyenne In the white
OF id1l n o. tho purbins was caught
OUT with h sheep In a storm and lost
ootn or his legs through exposure. In
1875 Mr. Rinar bought 1000 eve.
from an OUTFIT that hnd brought them
In and located At the head OF the
Muddy near Pine Bluffs. These were
Mexican ewes. n to them were add-
Cd loo wethers that had been traiIed
In from Oregon. These were run on
tho Muddy In the TALL and winter n
eummered on Crow Creek.
Russ Bros. had $500 on h same
creek and Tim Dyer. Chadwick &
Shay were running bands on Pc.s
Creek Horse Creek and Bear Creek.
In h March storms OF 1878 Mr..
Riner lost 5000 OF his sheep. and the
other sheep men lost practically all
their sheep.
In the fans of 1871 @. w. Snow
brought 10 1900 head OF Mexican
ewes. running them for a while on
Horse Creek but in the fall taking
them to Ben Creek, where he had
stnrted a rnnch. since then improved
SO as to make 1t an up to date sheep
ranch. which he owns today.
In Albany county Charley Hutton
was the earliest man to bring in sheen
as far as REGARDS show. He had a
ranch on the Big Laramie at the point
where the Overland stage road crosses
the river.
In the fall OF 1870 he sold a bunch
OF these sheep 70 Robert II. Homer,
These sheep were caught in storms
and drifted down into Colorado and
the flock dwindled away so that by
Christmas there were six left These
sent to Charley Hutton as q Christmas
preserI with thanks.
II. @. Baicii started a flock of sheep
running them above the Hutton ranch
on the Laramie river In 1876. John
McGm also started in as a wyoming
sheepman in 1873 while Bill Reid
who had purchased some $500 in the
fan of 1877 and taken them to Bates
Hole country had the misfortune to
lose every head before spring. Deep
snow covered the ground and with no
hay. the sheep starved to death. AT
his time California and Oregon, were
the sheep states of the west and u
large number Of sheep were being
driven from the coast country,
through Nevada, Idaho, Utah. Mon.
tana and Wyoming to Nebraska and
other midwest points. where they
were either fa.tcned or else shipped
direct to Chicago for slaughter.
Industry Firmly Established In 1880.
Naturally many sheep were sold to
settlers along the tran. and by 1880
the running Of sheep a become a
firmly established business. In fact
the lat To's and early sos was O
period during which many men came
to settle in Wyoming who have stayed
with the livestock business in all its
branches. and whose sterling worth.
perseverance and grit have made
wyoming one Of the foremost Of the
western states and In fact the leading
state in many particulars and one
whose sons have materially helped to
shape the destiny Of the nation.
About this time Senator r. =. War
rem IN partnership with Miner came
west and close to Cheyenne founded
the ranch that Las stncs achieved a
national reputation. Wilkinson,
Thomas Bros. Bristol. and the Post
company engaged in the running OF
sheep In Laramie county. George
Eylryn. Judson 4 Sutphin, Paul
|iPascoe. Thornton. Currier. Douglas
william 4 5atoris. tho Whitaker Bros.
and Bowden. lawrence and McGfh-
bon. y. g. King. Collins. r. e. Fitch
engaged In sheep breeding at this
time around Laramie and Rock River,
and Prayer at Laramie Peak
woodruff Was Pioneer Of Els Section.
J. D. woodruff seems to have been
the pioneer In the sheep industry In
central wyoming as he was In CATTLE
Building a house in 1873 he ran cattle
exclusively Until 1883 when he en-
gagged In running sheep also. b. B.
Brooks entered h ranks in 1888.
W. w. Dale and J.. A. Delfelder ran
sheep in 1892 and In 1890 DeForest
Richards int DR.. Wilson agreed that
II Mckinley was elected president
they would go into the shoep business,
which they did by organizing the
tPiatte Valley Sheep company ami
named their ranch McKialey.
BY 1884 the number OF sheep as