Throughout the mountains of the American West, carvings hidden on the trunks of aspen trees tell the stories of the sheepherders who made them as they passed through with their flocks. Most of the men ...

The Trailing of the Sheep Festival, which is held annually in Sun Valley, celebrates the 150-year tradition of sheep herding in the Wood River Valley area. (Carol Waller/Trailing of the Sheep Festival ...

RUPERT • Henry Etcheverry whistled, and a row of sheep dashed down a fenced dirt path. On the other end, two men branded the freshly sheared animals. It was late morning on St. Patrick’s Day, exactly ...

It was late morning on St. Patrick’s Day, exactly 13 years after Etcheverry’s father, Jean Pierre, died. The man from Bidarray in the French Basque Country was one of the big sheep outfit owners at ...

I was born in Wasco, California in 1939 and lived in Lost Hills on an oil company housing project with 12 other families. When I was 11 my dad got me a job with the Esnoz Basque family, who raised ...

KETCHUM, Idaho — One of the country’s top festivals originated from friction between cyclists and sheepherders that boiled down to this: No more poop on the bike path. Every fall for the past 150 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Carvings made over decades by Basque herders are endangered as their canvas, the aspens, are at risk. Sawtooth Mountains, 2011, ...