Okanogan, Washington: Curtis Sheep Slaughter Was Here
Cattlemen vs. Sheepmen -- a 1903 event horrifying enough (for the sheep, at least) to deserve a wooden historical marker.
- Address:
- Hwy 20, Okanogan, WA
- Directions:
- South of town on Hwy 20.
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The Curtis Sheep Slaughter historical marker on Hwy 20 is back up.
[Valerie Nozick, 04/27/2016]It looks like a wild fire has destroyed the sign. The only thing marking the sign is a burnt piece of wood and a road marker noting a historical marker ahead.
[JShea, 08/14/2013]
Amidst the fruit orchards of Northern Washington state just east of the Cascades is an obscure little heritage marker remembering the Curtis Sheep Slaughter of 1903.
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A disagreement between sheepmen and cattlemen. In part the sign reads: "The hostility reached its climax one night in the Spring of 1903 when several hundred sheep owned by A.A. Curtis were slaughtered with clubs about a half mile behind this sign. For years, sun-bleached bones lay scattered about"...