sheepherder
noun
sheep·herd·er
ˈshēp-ˌhər-dər 
: a worker in charge of sheep especially on open range
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One student who was helping take photos and videos and noting GPS locations revealed that her father came to the U.S. from the Basque Country to work as a sheepherder.
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Cheryl Oestreicher, The Conversation, 20 June 2024
Read some of the Statesman’s award-winning articles which included coverage of the University of Idaho homicides, Idaho’s sheepherders, the state’s faith-healing exemption and more.
—Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 5 May 2024
Remains found on a Colorado trailhead by a sheepherder have been identified as a missing woman, deputies say.
—Daniella Segura, Sacramento Bee, 28 Feb. 2024
Inspired by the great ski resorts in Switzerland, Austria, and other parts of Europe, Union Pacific Railroad company built the world’s first ski chairlift there in the 1930s as a way to transform the area from a sleepy valley of sheepherders into America’s inaugural ski resort destination.
—Elizabeth Brownfield, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
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Cheryl Oestreicher, The Conversation, 20 June 2024
Read some of the Statesman’s award-winning articles which included coverage of the University of Idaho homicides, Idaho’s sheepherders, the state’s faith-healing exemption and more.
—Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 5 May 2024
Remains found on a Colorado trailhead by a sheepherder have been identified as a missing woman, deputies say.
—Daniella Segura, Sacramento Bee, 28 Feb. 2024
Inspired by the great ski resorts in Switzerland, Austria, and other parts of Europe, Union Pacific Railroad company built the world’s first ski chairlift there in the 1930s as a way to transform the area from a sleepy valley of sheepherders into America’s inaugural ski resort destination.
—Elizabeth Brownfield, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
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sheepherder
noun
sheep·herd·er
ˈshēp-ˌhərd-ər
: a worker in charge of a flock of sheep
sheepherding
noun
-ˌhərd-iŋ
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