Curtis Sheep Slaughter - Washington Historical Markers on Waymarking.com

Before 1900, the cattlemen had the rangeland to themselves, except for wild horses. Then sheep appeared. Tempers flared instantly. Haystacks put up by sheepmen mysteriously burned. The hostility reached its clamax one night in the spring of 1903 when several hundred sheep owned by A.A. Curtis were slaughtered with clubs about half a mile behind this sign. For years, sun-bleached bones lay scattered about. In time, the ill feeling died away. The trouble had been a lot more between cattlemen and sheepmen than between cattle and sheep.

Marker Name: Curtis Sheep Slaughter Marker Type: Roadside Town name: Okanogan Placer: Okanogan County Historical Society Related website: [Web Link] Date marker was placed: Not listed

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