The Official Author SIte of Shane Dunning
The Official Author SIte of Shane Dunning
In Farcountry Press’ distributed title, Slaughter on the Otter: The Kendrick Sheep Raid,
author Forest B. Dunning dives into the local history of a little known standoff between Montana
ranchers since dubbed “a conspiracy of silence.” In mid-November 1900, a herd of sheep crossed
a plowed furrow “deadline” that had separated cattle and sheep public ranges for many years.
On the early morning of December 28th, 1900, a determined group of cattlemen led by a future
Wyoming governor and U.S. senator destroyed a band of 2,113 head of sheep that had “invaded”
their range.
The story was cloaked by a conspiracy of silence for nearly seventy-five years, until almost forty
years after the senator’s death. Even then, the facts and motivations remained shrouded.
This is the full story.
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