range wars
A family connection to a legendary Colorado cowgirl sent an author on an exhaustive research roundup
Diana Allen Kouris grew up hearing stories about Ann Bassett on the family's ranch in northwest Colorado, and rode the same trails as the woman she chronicled
Up and down Colorado, the author saw the history of sheepherding written in the trees
That history carved into nature inspired Andrew Gulliford to chronicle generations of sheepherders -- right up to the present day