The baaaaaa-dest sheep ’round these here parts took over the streets last week, as Theos Swallow Fork Ranch trailed a herd through on the way to summer pastures upriver. The event is a spring favorite for all, with more than 4,000 views of our “Sheepwatch 2022” livestream (https://www.facebook.com/ht.1885/live). CAITLIN WALKER[Read More…]
Tag: Sheep Ranching
Ranching Feature: Sheep industry changes, but survives
RBC I In the 60-plus years that I have been privy to the sheep industry in Rio Blanco County many things have changed and much has remained the same.
Arrangements pending for Theos
Longtime Meeker sheep rancher Tom Theos, 89, died Feb. 24, 2009, at Pioneers Medical Center in Meeker. Funeral arrangements are pending, and friends are asked to call Cochran Memorial Chapel at 878-5722 for service details. A complete obituary will appear in the next edition of the Herald Times.
Local rancher supplies natural lambs to Whole Foods stores
RBC — A local sheep rancher and Blanco Ranger District livestock permit-holder has recently supplied the natural grocer chain, Whole Foods.
