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In the high country of the northern Wasatch Mountains, lies what is left of one of the West's largest ranches. Deseret Live Stock Company was reputed at various times to be the largest private landholder in Utah and the single biggest producer of wool in the world. The ranch began as a sheep operation, but as it found success, it also ran cattle. Incorporated in the 1890s by a number of northern Utah ranchers who pooled their resources, the company was at the height of successful operations in the mid-twentieth century when a young Dean Frischknecht, bearing a recent degree in animal s

Deseret Live Stock Company -- History. --- Frischknecht, W. Dean. --- Great Basin. --- Great Basin - Discovery and exploration. --- Great Basin - Geography. --- Ranch life -- Wasatch Range (Utah and Idaho). --- Scientific expeditions - Great Basin - History - 19th century. --- Sheep ranchers -- Wasatch Range (Utah and Idaho) -- Biography. --- Simpson, J. H - Travel - Great Basin. --- Wasatch Range (Utah and Idaho) -- Biography. --- Sheep ranchers --- Ranch life --- Regions & Countries - Americas --- Agriculture --- History & Archaeology --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Animal Sciences --- United States Local History --- Deseret Live Stock Company --- History. --- Wasatch Range (Utah and Idaho) --- Sheep farmers --- Sheepmen --- Frischknecht, Dean --- Deseret Livestock Company --- Wasatch Front (Utah and Idaho) --- Wasatch Mountains (Utah and Idaho) --- History US. --- Scientific expeditions --- Expeditions, Scientific --- Scientific voyages --- Voyages, Scientific --- Farm life --- Frontier and pioneer life --- Farmers --- Ranchers --- Shepherds --- Rocky Mountains --- History --- Travels --- Voyages and travels --- Simpson, J. H. --- Travel --- Great Basin --- Discovery and exploration. --- Simpson, James Hervey, --- Basin and Range Province --- Intermontane region --- Intermountain Region (U.S.) --- Intermountain West (U.S.)