INDEX
Adams, Charles, 19
Adams, Jewett, 83-87
Adams-McGill, 88
Adobe, Mt., 111
Africa, gold rush, 131
Alamo, 174, 176
Albion, Idaho, 103
Alfalfa, 58;
Chilean Clover, 177
Alkali Flat. 23
Allied Land & Livestock Co., 601
113
Alpine, 108
Altube Ranch, 182
American Sheep, 18, 47, 132
Anderson, Henry, 22-23
Anise a s feed, 128
Antelope Valley Ranch, Calif., 1821
185
Argenta. 109, 110
Argenta Ranch, 108
Arid Lands Act, 1902, 34,94
Aries, Sign of, 33
Arizona, Yuma, 102
Arsenic, 158
Atlantis, 131
Austin, 7
Australian Shepherd dog, 170
Azalea, 151
Azores, 65
B.P.O.E.,
9, 59
Baker, George, 110
Bank Closing, 69
B a r 11, 20
Basque Sheepherders, 36; and dogs,
111; Lnzalt, 113; Shearing, 139,
165: Pulstone, 173
Battle Mountain, 17, 21, 107
Marvel family, 54
Battle Mountain Messenger, 51
Beale, General Edward, biog., 38, 39
Beecher, Herbert, 39
Bell Wethers, 6
Beowawe, 59, 111
Bernice, 107
Bertand, P a r i s , 174
Bew Brothers, James, Harry, Thoma s , 18, 22
Bible, 129
Bidwell, John, 4, 60
Big Pine, Calif., 40
Bighorn r a m s , 13
Blossom Ranch, 54
Boggs, Thomas, 5
Boise City, Idaho, 12
Boles, Gretchen, 37
Bonanza decade, 9
boomer lamb, 136
Borda family, 36, 135
Boston, Mass., 185
Bothwell, George, 107
Boulder, 111
Boulder City, 175
Boy Scouts, 35
Bradley, Longhorns, 19, 180
brands, 20: Zee Tee, 20, Bar Tee, 20;
Laws, 96: Stencil, 140; E a r lags,
123
'
breeding, 33, 134
Brennen, C h e s t e r , 1 8
Broken Hills, 108
Bruneau River, 104, 111
Budget C r e e k , 111
Bureau of Land Management, 89,
115, 117, 144, 173
bummers, 132, 134, 174
burro, 164, 167
buyers, 143, 177
Cain, 129. 162
California:
markel, 115, livestockin Nevada,
Reese Jenkins, 21; Anderson, 23;
Calaveras, 23; s t o r m s , 2, 4-6;
Susanville. 33; Seventies. 38; Big
Pine, 41; Independence, 41; Railroad t o 80; Riordan, 87; Moffat,
177; lambs, 185; inyo, 39; Mono,
39; Piedmont, 70; Larkspur, 63;
s t o r m s , 110; Turlock, 180; Kern
County; 179; Oakland, 180.
California militia, 38
Camas, death, 148
Camp Lyon, 1 2
camps, 144
Carey Act 1894, 994-95
Carson City, 5;
flocks r e s t , 173
Carson, Kit, 5
Carson River, 2 , 135
Carson Valley, 113
Casey, John, 33
Castile, 1 3 1
castration, 138
Catalina Islands, 65
Catholics and Taylor, 66
Catholic Cemetery, 22
Cattleman of t h e Year, 54, 188
cattle, 8 , 37, 49, 65, 71, 112, 179
Cave, 129
Cave Valley, 88, 121, 127
Cedar City, Utah, 174
Cedar Hill Ranch, 1 9
s t o r m , 20, 89-90
Census 1865, 57; 1900, 47, 51; 1968,
173
Central Pacific Railroad, 46, 61, 80,
81
Chabot, P e t e , 6 5
Charleston National Forest, 175
Cherry Creek, 51
Chico, Calif., 4, 12, 60
Chilean clover, 58
Chinese, 54, 65, 69
choke cherry, 151
Christopherson, J.F., 124
chuck wafgn, 10, 164
Churchill Country, 10, 95, 106, 108,
175
churros, 2, 5, 10, 66, 131
Civil War, 15, 19, 79
Civilian Conservation Corps, 95
Clan Alpine Ranch, 107
Cleveland, A.C., 51-52
clover, 38
Clover Valley, 37-46
Cohn, Henry, 88
Colorado, Flelcherin, 36; Bertrand,
174
Columbia r a m s , 174
Columbus, 132
Comstock. 6, 7
Confederale veterans, 80
Congress, 50, 80
Conpessional Committee, 77
Constantia, Calif., 33
Coon Creek, 111
Cooper, George, 65
Cooper, George, Mrs., 67
Cooper, Wanda (Icress), 67
Copper Sheep Co., 175
Cortez, 132
cosmetics, 162
Cotswolds, 23, 58
Cowboy Hall of Fame, 188
Court Street, 121
Cow Springs, Calif. 40
Crane, Bert, 180
Croolc, 163, 165
Cumming.3 and Wilson camp, 102
Dakin, Matie (Griswold), s e e also
Griswold, 119
Dungberg, Fred, 58
Davis, L'Diumondfield" Jack, 99-104
Davis, Ebbie, 175
Dayton 113, 135, 156
Dead Horse Wells, 107
Dean, Arthur, 5 1
Deep Creek, 102
Deeth, 180
Del Monte Ranch, 9
depression, 93
Desert Land, 81-82
Desert Land Act, 1902, 5 1
Dewar, Archie & J e s s i e , 2 1
Distinguished Service Award, Marvel,
54; Moffat, 188
Dodge, C a r l , 175-176
Dog Valley Grade, 37
d o p , 6, 111, 136, 140, 154, 157-158,
167, 168, 169, 170-172
D o r r i s c a r , 30
Doud, Thomas, 179
Douglas County, 6 , 57-58
Doutre, 90
Doyle, Calif., 33, 60
drought, 9, 38, 70, 82, 90, 91, 96
Duborg, Christian M.,59
Duck Creek Reservoir, 125
Duke, Andrew, 33
Dunn, Oliver, 102
Eastgate, 108
Echeta, J e s u s , 36
Echecopar, Pete, 113
,
Edson (horses), 69
Edwards Creek Valley, 107
E l Tejon, 38-39, 46
E l l o , 17; mill 21: Dewar. 21
Coullty, 18; Anderson, 22; Marvel, 54; Taylor, 68: w a r s , 89;
Griswold. 119; Williams, 95; Williams, 108; Moffat, 120, 187
Elks Lodge, 9
Elliott, Ole, 125
Ellison, Doc (Ranch), 84
Ely, 125
Emigrant Mike, 87
Emigrant Springs, 87
Employees, hlolfat, 187
Eureka County, 70; Anderson, 22;
Marvel, 54, 59; Town, 40, 44;
Beecher, 40
Europe, 34
Ewes, attack, 13,129
Evans, A,, 47
Fairview, 108
Fallon, 113
Fallon Ranch, 113
false hellebore, 150
feed, poisonous, 148-153;
Death cams, lupine, Western goldenrod, Rabbit brush, loco weed,
halogeten, f a l s e hellebore, milkweeds, fitweed, chokecherry
f e e d s , alfalfa, 58; grain, 38; hay, 38;
white sage, 153; curly sage, g r a s s e s , bark, 153; pellets, 175
f e e s , 117
fence. 38, 47, 50, 83, 132
F e r r i s Wheel, 58
fiesta, 141
Firebaugh Ranch, near Fresno, 187
F i r s t National Bank, Chicago, 185
F i r s t National Bank, Reno, 180
F i r s t National Bank, San Francisco,
185
fitweed, 152
Flanigan, J o e , 25,28, 33
Flanigan (town), 37
Flanigan, Helen, 28, 36
Flanigan, John, 28, 36
Flani y n , Patrick. 25-36
Flanigan, Paul, 28
Fleming, Charles E ., 148, 159
F l e t c h e r , A.G., 36
Flint, Thomas, 6
Flock, size, 4: Beale, 40: history.
129, 159
flockmaster, 18, 39, 115, 172
flock mind, 44, 144, 159, 160
Fogson, R.M., 39-40
f o r e s t use, 98
For1 I-Ialleck, 119
Forty-Mile Desert, 2
4-H. 134, 174, 190
Fraadsen, Andre, 150
Frandsen, Christiana, 59
Fmnclsen, P e t e r Dr., 69
F r a z e r , George, 30
f r e e trade, 28, 99
freight, 107; rates, 61, 81
Fremont, 1,2, 5
Fulstone, F r e d , 173
Gabbs, 108
Gallagher, I.Ielen (Taylor), 66
Garaventa Ranch, ncar Weeks, 35
Garrecht, Lena Katherine, 20
Geiger grade, 8
Genesis, Book of, 129
Genoa, 2, 6 , 57, 58, 173
George B. Williams Land & Investment Co., 119
Gerlach, 9, 25
Getchell Mine, 158
Gila R i v e r , 5
Gilfilan, A., 190
Glendale, 10, 174
Glenn, Hugh Dr., 53
goats, 1 , 106, 148, 161
God, 129, 131
Golconda, 56, 158
Gold Creek, 106, 112
Golden Crown Mine, 107
Goldenrod, Western, 149
Goldfield, 104, 125
Gold Rush in Calif., 5 1
Good, Wallace, 107
Goodyear, Miles, 4
Goose Creek, 102
Gottschalk, Gertrude, 87
Goyhenetche, Johnnie, 177
Grange, 5 1
Grantsville, 107
Grazing, 5, 7, 41, 50, 64, 72, 89, 99,
108, 114, 131, 144, 145
greasewood, 151
Green River, Wyoming, 41, 45
Griswold, Chauncey, 21, 119,121-128
Griswold, Gordon, 119-128
Griswold, Kitty, 124
Griswold, Matie Dakin, 119-123
Griswold, Morley, 121
gypsum, Mound IIouse, 86
H. Levy, 188
H .F. Dangberg Land & LivestockCo.,
59
H .M . Moffat Co., 183
Hale, Charlie, 20
Hall, Stephen, 36
halogeten, 150
Halstead Ranch, 51
Hamilton, 87
hang-dog, 158
Hardy Place, 88
Ilarney County, Oregon, 37
Harrison Land Act, 1800, 76, 119
Harrison P a s s , 19
Hash Lane, 9
Hawaii, 35
Hawthorne, 108
bay, 1 9
Hermosilla, Mexico, 65
Hill, Morgan 187
Holland Ranch, 111
Hollister, W.W., Col., 6 , 8
Homestead Laws, 75, 76, 77, 79, 81,
95, 117
horses, 31, 68
Hot Creek Mike, 87
Hot Creek Ranch, 87
Hot Springs Ranch, 69
House, A.T., 84
Hoy, Frank, 112
Hudson, 43
Humboldt County, 7, 34, 68
Humboldt, Loveloclc Irrigation, Light
and Power Co., 68
Humboldt River, 1, 2, 17, 23, 53, 54,
68, 81
Humboldt Sink, 2
Humphrey, H.G., 66, 183
Hunt, Gov., Idaho, 104
Huntington Valley, 19
Hylton, James, 18-21
Hylton, John Leland, 21
Iberia, 131
Ibspah, 2
ice making, 125
Idaho, Boise, 17; Hylton, 19; Anderson, 23; sheep in White Pine, 88;
sheep wars, 100: Kaiser, 175;
lambs, 185
Illinois sheep, 7
immigration laws, 113
Independence, Calif., 41
Indians, 1 , 2, 4, 5, 12, 38, 39, 40, 41,
45, 139, 153
industry, sheep, 163
Ione, 46
Ireland, County Cork, 87
irrigation, 34, 55, 56, 94, 95
Irrigation Congress, Carson City, 93
Italians. 164, 183
Izzenhood Ranch, 54
Jarbidge, 104
Jehovah, 129, 131, 162
Jenkins, J.G., 51
Jenkins, Reese, 21, 33
Jenkins, W.T., 33, 53, 54
Jennie, mule, 84
John G. Taylor Co., 69
Kaiser, Charles, 107, 174
Kaiser Livestock Co., 175
Kansas City, Mo., 30
Keegan, Patrick, 18, 22
Kent interests, 56
Kern County Land Co ., 179
Kimball, G.G., Major, 10-12
Icincaid Act., 1904
King River, 17
Klauber Ranch, 58
Kress, G.R., 70
Lake Ranch, 50
Lake Tahoe, 113
Lake's Crossing, 8
Lakeview, Oregon, 8
lamb, 143
lambing, 73, 83, 109, 133-136
lambing sheds, pens, canvas walls,
137
lambs, newborn, 134, 136, 137
Lamoille Valley, 119
land, 12, 50, 56, 68, 75, 95; Preemption, 12, 50; scarcity,56, Taylor,
68; free land, 75; water, 95
land and, water use concepts, 76
land laws, 12, 15, 75, 80
land ownership, 9
Lander County, 10, 54
lanolin, 129, 162
Lantner, J i m , 88
Larkspur, Calif., 65
Las Vegas, state lands, 71, 175
Las Vegas Age, 175
Latter Day Saints, see alsoMormons,
8, 17, 57, 96
Lassen County, Calif., 113
law, livestock & land, 75
Lnxalt, Dominique, 113
Laxalt, Robert, 113
Lee family, 8
Leon, 131
Liberty Garage, 37
Libraries, E k o , 122
Lida Springs, 41
Lida Valley, 41
Lincoln County, 8
Lincoln, Mr. and Mrs. George, 53
Lincoln Grammar School, 179
Lincoln-McClellan campaign, 179
Lincoln rams, 33
Lineriders, 50
Linnehan, Hannah, 25
loco weed, 150
Lodi, Calif., 60
Long Valley, Calif., 8, 179
Los Banos, Calif., 182
Lovelock, 63, 66, 67
Lovelock Valley, 68, 180
Lucky Livestock Co., 36
Lund, 88
Lyon County,
lupine,
149 36, 93, 173
Lyons, Robert, 84
McCloud, Grant, 67
McGill, Wm., 83-87
McKissiclc opera house, 37
Mace, Bruce, Dixon, Calif., 177
Madelean Plains, 12
Madeline Plains, see Madelean
Plains, 12, 113
Magic Springs Camp, 104
Maine, 106
Mancebo, Prank, 65
Manteca, 188
Mapes, George, 10
Mapes Hotel, 188
Mark Twain, 153-154
Marlette Lake, 113
Martin Canyon, 111
Martinez, 40
Marvel, E . W., 53-54
Marvel, Louise, 53-54
Mary's River, 180
mating, sheep, 133
Maurer, John (Catalina), 65
Maxwell, Lucien, 5
Meaker, Reginald, 69, 175
Merino, French, 10, 33
Merino, Spanish, 23, 33, 38, 47, 66,
173
Mexican sheep, 7
Mexicans, 1 , 132, 139, 159, 187
Mexico, 5
Milford, Utah, 41
milkweed, broad leaf & narrow leal,
151
mill, flour, 21
Miller and Lux, 60
Miller Ranch, 20-21
Missions. California. 132
Moana Springs, 3 4
Moffat, Adrianne, 177, 180
Moffat, Henry, 177-179, 183
Moffal homes, 187
Moffat and organizations, 188
Moffat, William, 36, 113, 177-190
Mohave Desert, Calif., 39
Monitor Ranch, 84
Montana, 12, 17, 23
Moody Ranch, 121
Moorman Springs Slough, 88
Mormon Station (Genoa), 57
Mormons, s e e also Latter DaySaints,
2, 4, 5 7 , 174
mortality of lambs, 133
Mound Valley, 1 9
Mounl Rose, 9
Mount Rose Street, 9
Mountain City, 111
Mud Lake, 30
Murdock, Andy, 182
Murdock, I r a , 182
Murdock, Tom, 182, 188
Murdock, William (Bill), 179
Muro, Fradc, sculptor, 165
Murphy, Dan, 18. 187
mutton, epicurean delighl, 1 , 37
Nevada California-Oregon Railroad,
33
National Committeeman, Republican,
".
d1
National Conservation Association, 98
National Irrigation Congress, 55
Nebraska, 71
Neeach, California, 39
Nelson, George, 106
Nelson, Thomas, 54-55
Nevada, 50, 5 1
Nevada Agency & T r u s t Co., 34
Nevada Board of Sheep Cornmissioners, 1907, 66
Nevada Livestock Association, 47
Nevada Livestock Production Credit
Association, 54
Nevada Paclcing Co ., 28
Nevada Savinm and T r u s t Co., 34
Nevada Seal, 15
Nevada sheepmen in Idaho, Wyoming,
Montana, 17
Nevada Transit Co., 34
Nevada Woolgrowers Association, 55,
--174
New Mexico, Taos, 2; sheep, 5 , 132
New Pass, 110
Newark Valley, 79
Newlands, Francis, 34
Newlands Project, 94
Nichel, James, 93
Nixon National Bank, 23, 34, 35
nomad sheepmen, 115
North Fork, 111
N Y County,
~
8, 21, 23, 57, 107, 174
O'connor Moffat (Macy's), 60
O'Neill Brothers, 159
O'Sullivan, Dennis, 25, 33
Oakdale, Calif ., 187
Oakley, Idaho, 100
Old Colony Trust Co., 185
Old English sheep dogs, 170
"Old Minister," 111
Oregon, 8, 23, 37, 53
O r r Ditch, 59
overgrazing, 22
Overland Trail, 5
Owens River Valley, Calif., 40
Oxborrow, Joseph, 164
P@I Ute, 1
Pah Ute War, 7
Pahranagnt Valley, 89
Pardise River, 17
parchment, 131
Parker, A.L., 51
Parker, C.D., 6
pasture fence, 132
Paul, John, 108
P e a r l Creek Ranch, 119
Peavine Mountain, 22
Penrose, William, 93
Perkins, Joseph, 174
Pershing Counly, 34, 68
Pershing I-Iotel, 69
petroglyphs, 162
Pickett-Leavitt Meadows, 182
Pie Creek, 111
Piedmont, Calif ., 70
Pigeon Springs, 41
Pinchot, Gifford, 98
Pioche, 40, 41, 87
Pioneer Center. 89
Pitl, Wm. and Taylor, 68
planes, 125
Plumas County, Calif., 152, 180
Poco, John, 33
p o p n i p , 72
poison feed, 148-153
Azalea, death camas, lupine,
Western goldenrod, rabbit brush,
loco week, halogeten, f a l s e hellebore, milkweed, choke c h e r r y ,
water parsnip, fitweed.
Poodle Dog restaurant, 31, 67
Portuguese, 65
Post, M.E., 41, 45, 46
Powell, J a m e s , 94
Powning Park, Reno, 34
predators, 153-56: coyotes. 153-56,
wolves, lynx, bears, cougar, bobc a t , eagle, reptiles, domestic
dogs, hunting, 155, 168
Preemption Law, 77
Presbyterian, 66, 70
Progressive Party, 35
prussic acid, 152
Public Domain, 61, 75, 80, 96, 115
Public Lands and Livestock, 99
Pyramid Lake, 37
Pyramid Land and Livestock Co., 33
Pyrenees, 131, 165, 174
Quinn River, 17, 46
Quincy, Calif., see Plumas County
rabbit brush, 91, 149
rabies, 155-56
railroad lands, 80
Railroad Valley, 85, 89
railroads, 15, 61, 72, 80
rain, 49
rainfall, 7
rain, 133, 163
r a m sale, Salt Lake, Ely, Sacramento,
173
Rambouillet, 33, 173
Ramsey, 113
Rancho Grande, 187
range, 22, 112, 163
Reconstruction Finance Co., 69
Red Bluff, Calif., 12
Red light district, Reno, 150
Red Rock, Elko County, 20
Red Rock Canyon, 40, 41
Red Rock, Montana, 175
Redfield, 9
Reese River, 23, 46
Regions, North, Central, South, 8,17,
22
Reid, Jake, 65
Reid, OX., 65
Reno, 6, 8, 17, 22, 34
Reno Gazette, 30
Reno Light and Power Co. (Sierra P a cific), 30
Republican Party, 35, 66
reservoirs, 68
Rickard, Tex, 125
Rickey, T.B., 182
Riffe, Oliver, 19, 20
Riordan J a m e s , 88, 90
Riordan, Lawrence, 90
Riordan, Michael L. & Hannah Lynch,
wife. 87
Robinson & Sorenson, 127
Rock Creek, 54, 100
Roman sheep, 131
Roosevelt, Theodore, 34, 98
Ross Silas, 174
Round Valley, 19, 5 1
Russell, G e o r p , 69
Rye Patch, 63
Rye Patch Dam, 69
Sacramento Valley, Calif., 4
sagebrush, 91, 151
St. Thomas Aquinas Cathedral, 36
salt, 161, 107
Salt Lake City, Utah, 2, 8, 41, 96
Salt Lake City r a m sale, 173
saltbush, 151
Sampson, James, 22
San Francisco, Calif., 8, 84, 86
San Joaquin, Calif., 179
Santa Bnrbara, Calif., 179
Sand Mountain, 166
Sand Sprinjp, 107
Sargent, Bradley, 179
Sarratea Brothers, 36
Saval, 65
Sawyer, H.W., 157
Sheeline National Bunk, 34
Schoppmann. Howard, 174
Schraeder, Andrew, 179
s c r i p , 80
Settlemeyer. E.A.. 152
Seventies, 23, 37
Shearing, 81, 109, 138, 141
Sheep, 1. 2, 4, 10; f a r m types, 7;
invasion, 8; modern, 161; regions, 8; taxes, 8, 17, 22, 72;
Soulhern, 175
sheep dip, 143
sheep, history, 129-132
sheep herder, 130, 163, 169
sheep laws, 88-90, 96-97, 98, 136
sheep mating, 133
sheep prices, 5, 55, 110
Sheep Ranch, 121, 124
sheep types, 10, 23, 38, 131,132,133,
137
sheepherder, 10; Basque, 10; American, 10; Anderson 22; Life 01,
165; Chinese, 165; meals, 167
sheepmen, 9
Sheepshead P a s s , 37
Sheeran, J e r r y , 56
shipping centers, 17; E k o Wells,
Batlle Mountain, Winnemucca,
Reno, Las Vegas, 175
Shoesole Ranch, 100
Shoobert & Beale. 39
Shoshone Basin, 100
Shropshire, 59
S i e r r a , 2, 5, 46
Sierra Pacific, 30
Silver, Bernice, 107
Silver Springs Ranch, 88
Six Mile Canyon, 88
Skelton, 20
Slater, U., 28
Smith, E.II. Dr., 66
Smith, Oscar, 30
Smith Valley, 173
Smoke Creek Ranch, 25, 33, 37, 113
Snelsen, 107
snow, 71
Soda Springs, Idaho, 45
South America, range plants, 148
South Fork, 19
South Virginia Road, 185
Southern Pacific Railroad, 34, 54,61,
68
Spanish merino sheep, 23, 33, 38,
47, 131
Spanish Ranch, 182
Sparks, 34
Sparks, John, 100, 104, 186
spring lamb, 37
Spring Valley, 51, 90
springs, 77, 183
stampede, 54
S t a r r Mine (Hamillon), 1 8
State Agricultural Society, 70
State Assembly, 28
State Lands, 79
State P a r k s Commission, 54
State Senate, 28
Steen Mountains, 8
Steptoe Valley, 84
Stillwater, 107
Stoclcton Ranch, 187
Stono Cabin, 41, 43
Stone House, 30
Stonewall, 41
slorms, 15, 17, 38, 64; chinook, 92;
1889-90, 20; 1879, 46; 1889, 71;
1911, 25, 64, 125
s t r e e t c a r line, 34
Surprise Valley, 12
Suttle, Tom, 19
Taos, New Mexico, 2
Taylor Canyon, 111
Taylor, Carmen, 67
Taylor Grazing Act 1934, 115, 117,
125, 153
Taylor, Hugh, 64, 67
Taylor, Jeannette, 70
Taylor, John, 64, 70
Taylor, John Gilmore, 34, 56, 59-70,
158, 169
Taylor, Thomas, 60
Taylor, Wanda, 67
Wanda Taylor Livestock Co., 69
taxes, 30, 37, 114-115
Tejon, s e e E l Tejon
telephone. Elko County, 21
Tennessee Canyon, 111
Territorial Legislature, 96
Texas and sheep, 132
Thanksgiving, 121
Thomas Flyer, 1907, 182
Thompson, James, 18
Timher Culture Act, 81
tipi, 136
Tolman, Wm., 102
Tooele, Utah, 2
t r a i l sheep, 1, 2, 4, 43, 121
T r a i l s High, 4, 5 , 117, 143, 114, 117;
Overland, 5; Home, 161; Calif.
to Idaho, 12; Virginia City to
Idaho, 12
Troy Laundry, 34
Idaho, 12
Troy Laundry, 34
Truckee-Carson Project, see also
Newlands Project, 94
Truckee Meadows, 6 , 15, 22, 149,
182
Truckee River, 9, 8 1
trucking, 143, 147
Tule Mountain, 33
Turlock, Calif., 180
Tuscarora, 182
Twenly Five Ranch, 20, 54
Uncle Dan's Dinner, 9
Union Land & Cattle Co., 180, 183
Union Pacific Railroad. 80
Union, 80
Union Sheep Co., 183
United States Department of Interior,
117
United Stales Forest Service, 93, 96,
98, 111, 114, 115, 144, 175
United States General Land Office,
75
University of Nevada, 67, 119, 148153, 159, 188
University of Mexico (pellets), 177
Urrizag,,, John (E ly), 90
Utah, 8, 41, 174
Utah sheepmen, 8, 100
Utes (Wyoming), 2
Valmy, 54
Verdi, 37
Virginia City, 8, 83
Virginia, Norton, 1 9
Walch, with Taylor, 6 1
Wallis, Don, 104
Wanda Taylor Livestock Co., 69
Washoe Bank. 35
wars, sheep. 99
Washoe Valley, 31, 35
Washoe County, 7, 23, 59, 93
Washoe Valley, 31, 35
water for sheep, 4, 9, 30, 31, 125,
145, 158
water hemlock, 149
water parsnip, 149
Wedekind Road, 150
weeds, 91
Weeks, 35
Wells, 17
Wells, Sheldon, 7
Western Pacific Railroad. 33, 180
Westphalia, 'ermany, 58
wethers and land, 23, 77, 129
Wheeler, Dan, 8-10, 169
Wheeler, Donald, 9
Whipple, Jim, 89
Whitaker, Walt, 112, 188
While Pine County, 7 , 8, 18-19, 2122, 83, 85, 174
White River Valley, 87
White Sage Flats, 88
Williams, Eugene, 112
Williams. Gcorge B . , 95, 104-112
Williams, Warren, 95, 104-112
Willow S p r i n ~ Calif.,
,
39
Willows, 44
Wilson, sheep lost, 18
wine, 164
Wingfield, George, 35
Winnemucca, 17, 53, 69, 70, 180
winter. 1874-1875, 15, 21, 88
Winters, Theodore, 25, 93
wool, 1, 33, 47, 70, 127, 129, 140,
159, 172, 173
wool sack, 109
Woollon, Richen L. (Uncle Dick), 1 ,
2-4
World War I, 155, 183
World War 11, 90
Worthington, Ilenry, 83
Wyoming, 5, 17, 44, 71
Yankee Reservoir, 23
Yellnnd, Joshua, 18, 22
Young, Brigt~am,2