The Woolly West : Colorado's Hidden History of Sheepscapes / Andrew Gulliford.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gulliford, Andrew, author.

Series:

Elma Dill Russell Spencer series in the West and Southwest ; no. 44.

Elma Dill Russell Spencer series in the West and Southwest ; number forty-four

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shepherds--Colorado--History.

Shepherds.

Sheepherding--Colorado--History.

Sheepherding.

Sheep Wars, 1873-1921--Colorado.

Sheep Wars, 1873-1921.

Sheep industry--Colorado--History.

Sheep industry.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (426 pages).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2018]

Summary:

Winner, 2019 National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum Western Heritage Award for the Best Nonfiction Book Winner, 2019 Colorado Book Awards History Category, sponsored by Colorado Center for the Book In The Woolly West , historian Andrew Gulliford describes the sheep industry's place in the history of Colorado and the American West. Tales of cowboys and cattlemen dominate western history--and even more so in popular culture. But in the competition for grazing lands, the sheep industry was as integral to the history of the American West as any trail drive. With vivid, elegant, and reflective prose, Gulliford explores the origins of sheep grazing in the region, the often-violent conflicts between the sheep and cattle industries, the creation of national forests, and ultimately the segmenting of grazing allotments with the passage of the Taylor Grazing Act of 1934. Deeper into the twentieth century, Gulliford grapples with the challenges of ecological change and the politics of immigrant labor. And in the present day, as the public lands of the West are increasingly used for recreation, conflicts between hikers and dogs guarding flocks are again putting the sheep industry on the defensive. Between each chapter, Gulliford weaves an account of his personal interaction with what he calls the "sheepscape"--that is, the sheepherders' landscape itself. Here he visits with Peruvian immigrant herders and Mormon families who have grazed sheep for generations, explores delicately balanced stone cairns assembled by shepherds now long gone, and ponders the meaning of arborglyphs carved into unending aspen forests. The Woolly West is the first book in decades devoted to the sheep industry and breaks new ground in the history of the Colorado Basque, Greek, and Hispano shepherding families whose ranching legacies continue to the present day.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Why Study Sheep, Sheepherders, and Carved Aspen Trees?

First Sheepscape: Searching for Sheepscapes and Finding Stock Driveways-White River National Forest

Chapter 1. Sheep across the Southwest

Second Sheepscape: Buckles Lake, Counting Corrals, and V Rock -San Juan National Forest

Chapter 2. The Beginning of Colorado's Cattle and Sheep Wars, 1880-1905

Third Sheepscape: Elkhorn Stock Driveway-Routt and Medicine Bow National Forests

Chapter 3. The US Forest Service in Colorado, a Sheep Army, and the Fight over Government Grass, 1905-1920

Fourth Sheepscape: Going to the Mountain-Glade Park and Piñon Mesa

Chapter 4. Basque and Greek Sheepmen, the Taylor Grazing Act, and End of the Range Wars, 1920-1934

Fifth Sheepscape: Dead Mule on a Cabin Porch-Lone Mesa State Park and a Sacred Penitente Calvario

Chapter 5. Hispano Herders, Drought, and the Great Depression, 1934-1941

Sixth Sheepscape: Lone Cone and Beaver Park-Uncompahgre National Forest

Chapter 6. Sheepherding After WWII from Canyonlands to Wilderness, 1945-1970

Seventh Sheepscape: Sheepshed Art-South Park

Chapter 7. Outdoor Recreation and Landscape Restoration: Hikers, Guardian Dogs, and Bighorns, 1970 to the Present

Eighth Sheepscape: Cairns-Stinking Desert and Horsethief Trail

Chapter 8. The Future of Colorado's High Country: Ailing Aspens, Peruvian Herders, and Ethnic Lamb

Ninth Sheepscape: Sheepscapes and Understanding Herders' Lives

Chapter 9. Old West, New West, Next West: Sheep, Ski Areas, Wolves, and Endangered Species

Historical Hispanic Herding Terms

Notes

Glossary

Selected Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Introduction: Why study sheep, shepherds and carved aspen trees? -- 1st sheepscape: Searching for sheepscapes and finding stock driveways, White River National Forest -- Sheep across the Southwest -- 2nd sheepscape: Buckles Lake, counting corrals and V-Rock, San Juan National Forest -- The beginning of Colorado's cattle and sheep wars, 1880-1905 -- 3rd sheepscape: Elkhorn Stock Driveway, Routt and Medicine Bow National Forests -- The US Forest Service in Colorado, a sheep army, and the fight over government grass, 1905-1920 -- 4th sheepscape: Going to the mountain, Glade Park & Pinon Mesa -- Basque & Greek sheepmen, the Taylor Grazing Act, and end of the range wars, 1920-1934 -- 5th sheepscape: Dead mule on a cabin porch, Lone Mesa State Park and a sacred Penitente Calvario -- Hispano herders, drought, and the Great Depression, 1934-1941 -- 6th sheepscape: Lone Cone and Beaver Park, Uncompahgre National Forest -- Sheepherding after WWII: from canyonlands to wilderness, 1945-1970 -- 7th sheepscape: Sheepshed art in South Park -- Recreation and restoration: Hikers, guardian dogs & bighorns, 1970 to the present -- 8th sheepscape: Cairns in the Stinking Desert & on the Horsethief Trail -- The future of Colorado's high country: Ailing aspens, Peruvian herders, and ethnic lamb -- 9th sheepscape: Understanding herders' lives -- Old West, new West, next West: sheep, ski areas, wolves, and endangered species.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62349-653-5

OCLC:

1048355632