Oregon’s cattleman-sheepman war: 10,000 wooly casualties

Published: Oct. 30, 2020, 2 p.m.

Growing tension over rights to run livestock on Oregon's publicly owned rangeland led to the formation of the 'Izee Sheep Shooters,' a secret society of cattlemen dedicated to the extermination of their animals' fuzzy rivals. (Eastern Oregon; 1890s) (For text and pictures, see http://www.offbeatoregon.com/H1009c_oregon-cattleman-sheepman-war-had-10000-wooly-deaths.html)