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Home West Virginia's northern panhandle was once prime U.S. sheep country Sheep in West Virginia

Sheep in West Virginia

U.S. Sheep Production 1850, from "A Brief History of the Sheep Industry in the United States," 1921.

The old-time breed of sheep raised in the mountains was small but hardy and adapted to spending its time in the woods.

U.S. Sheep Production 1850

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