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Mead, Elwood and Wyoming's water law Essay 10/12/2011
Moore, Lucy Morrison Encyclopedia 10/12/2011
Wyoming Cattle Boom, 1868-1886 Essay 10/12/2011
Sheep Business in Wyoming Essay 11/2/2011
Spring Creek Raid Essay 11/21/2011

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Essay | J. B. Okie, Sheep King of Central Wyoming
The vivid, charismatic J. B. Okie raised sheep near Badwater Creek at the turn of the last century, and was so successful he was called “Sheep King.” A businessman with great vision, he soon owned...
Encyclopedia | Sommers Ranch
In 1908, Albert P. “Prof” Sommers established his ranch headquarters on property southwest of Pinedale, Wyo. Three generations of his family have lived and ranched here. When Prof died in 1928, his...
Encyclopedia | T Cross Ranch
The T Cross Ranch north of Dubois, Wyo., on Horse Creek in the Absaroka Mountains was first homesteaded around 1900 by Ernest O. Hadden. In 1919, Henry Seipt acquired the property, named it “The...
Encyclopedia | Huxtable Ranch
In 1929, Lloyd Huxtable, together with his wife’s brother, Charlie Olin, purchased the property south of Glenrock, Wyo. known as the Huxtable Ranch as well as the original 1887 water rights....
Encyclopedia | Toomey’s Mills
Toomey’s Mills in Newcastle, Wyo., began operations as Newcastle Milling Company and Electrical Light Plant in 1905, producing flour by day and generating electricity at night. In 1919, D. J. Toomey...
Encyclopedia | Crow Creek Ranch
The Crow Creek or Cole Ranch northwest of Cheyenne, Wyo. was founded in 1879 and operated until 1972, when the land was subdivided. The ranch headquarters is listed on the National Register of...
Essay | The Spring Creek Raid: The Last Murderous Sheep Raid in the Big Horn Basin
On April 2, 1909, seven cowmen attacked a sheep camp near Spring Creek in the southern Big Horn Basin. The raiders killed three men, kidnapped two others, killed sheep dogs and dozens of sheep and...