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# Why Sheep Started So Many Wars
- URL: https://www.adamsowards.net/why-sheep-started-so-many-wars/
- Published: 2017-10-05T21:10:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-02-15T22:14:31.000Z
- Author: Adam M. Sowards
- Tags: magazine articles, publication, zocalo public square, 2017, ranching, american west, environmental history, sheep, history

"Why Sheep Started So Many Wars in the American West," *Zócalo Public Square* (October 5, 2017).

[Why Sheep Started So Many Wars in the American West | Essay | Zócalo Public SquareIn early October, when the leaves turn golden and the shadows of the Sawtooth Mountains lengthen, the annual Trailing of the Sheep Festival moves through![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fa/10/fa102a82-f50e-4e06-9a70-213785342d94/content/images/icon/cropped-Zocalo-Z-Apple-512-2.png)Zócalo Public SquareAdam M. Sowards![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fa/10/fa102a82-f50e-4e06-9a70-213785342d94/content/images/thumbnail/SHEEPHERDING_ON_THE_GROUNDS_OF_THE_UTAH_INTERNATIONAL_MINE_ON_THE_NAVAJO_RESERVATION_-_NARA_-_544317.jpg)](http://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/2017/10/05/sheep-started-many-wars-american-west/ideas/essay/?ref=adamsowards.net)