Wyoming grassland was all open range in the 1800s. The cattlemen had claimed it and when sheepmen began to move in, conflicts arose. A meeting was held in the Johnson County Courthouse on February 1, 1908. The end result was to plow a narrow furrow to mark a line that sheep would NOT be allowed to cross. A contract to this effect was drafted and signed by both groups. Richard Young and Ike Scotts were appointed to establish this line, known as the DEADLINE. A man by the name of Carrolton plowed the furrow over the Powder River prairie . For a time this agreement was respected and conflicts were avoided, but eventually they arose once again.
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