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 ...

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 ...

ROCK SPRINGS - Where there were sheep, there were Basques. It was true in Wyoming 100 years ago, and remains the same today. Although "Basque Country" consists of a small region between the Pyrenees ...

Thanks to Sarria, Boise Basques can cook with piquillo peppers from Basque country, and make paella with special rice he flies in. They also can get other traditional staples, such as apricot or fig ...

The US' Basque immigrants turned to sheepherding in order to survive. Today, their legacy can be found in unique wooden tree carvings they left throughout the American West. Iñaki Arrieta Baro ...

When counting sheep, it’s apparent that Idaho has an affinity for the fuzzy creatures, with roots that go back farther and farther than one might consider. Idaho is currently in the top 10 states for ...

In Elko, cowboys congregate in January for the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, as they've done each year since 1985. Just west, in Winnemucca, there are more descendants of Basque sheep herders and ...