“Here, six miles south of Bitter Creek, Wyo. J.E. Cosgriff, president of the Continental National Bank of Salt Lake, and one of the best-informed and most practical wool raisers the West has ever known, and T.W. Boyer cashier of the Continental National Bank; J. St. A Boyer of Rock Springs and J.K. Hartt of Rawlins, Wyo., have erected the first sheep shearing corral in American designed, constructed and operated exactly as are the great, successful Australian shearing sheds, the wool from which commands the highest prices in the biggest wool markets of the world.
“J.K. Hartt of Rawlins, Wyo., Mr. Cosgriff’s partner in the sheep business, was also impressed by the possibilities of the Australian system, and at the expiration of Mr. Cosgriff’s contract with Mr. Ritch several months ago the Boyer Bros. and Mr. Hartt offered to share with Mr. Cosgriff the expense of erecting a model Australian shearing shed. It was felt that this would form a fitting climax to the educational work Mr. Cosgriff had carried on personally through Mr. Ritch.
“Much credit is due Mr. Boyer of Salt Lake and his brother, Mr. Boyer of Rock Springs, and Mr. Hartt of Rawlins, Wyo., for joining with Mr. Cosgriff and erecting near Bitter Creek the first Australian system shearing establishment this country has ever known. These men control the Boyer Bros. Inc. sheep company, the Antelope Livestock company, the Pioneer Sheep company and Cow Creek Sheep company, whose 65,000 sheep are being sheared at the model shed.
Pearl Lake State Park History 