Volume 11 , Issue 39

Bayfield, Colorado Heritage Day

In Bayfield, Colorado this Saturday morning about 9 o'clock in the morning the ewes and lambs were back traveling south on Buck highway, in Bayfield this year, as they make they fall trek to the valley pastures. The Heritage Day parade followed at 10:00 that same morning.



Attendance at the Bayfield Heritage Days was nearly double this year, thanks to rancher J. Paul Brown, who brought his herd of about 2,200 sheep out of the mountains a few days early for Bayfield's annual recognition of its rural roots.

J. Paul Brown said he's grateful to the residents who have to wade through his herds several times each year as he relocates them on county roads and highways. With a few exceptions, most drivers, he said, are polite and patient.

"(The sheep) balled up on the Buck Highway a few times this year," Paul Brown said. "Some of them aren't used to it. We appreciate the community putting up with us."

Brown said the festival is a reminder to the community of how things used to be. Ranchers and their herds have been trekking down from the high country for more than 100 years.
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