▁private ▁land . ▁There ▁were ▁many ▁reasons ▁why ▁a ▁cattle ▁ran cher ▁would ▁build ▁f ences , ▁mostly ▁it ▁was ▁to ▁mark ▁boundaries , ▁prevent ▁rust ling , ▁and ▁to ▁keep ▁other ▁people ▁from ▁gra zing ▁their ▁animals ▁there . ▁Furthermore , ▁there ▁was ▁also ▁the ▁threat ▁of ▁sheep ▁sc ab . ▁Building ▁f ences ▁across ▁the ▁range ▁inf uri ated ▁the ▁sheep ▁her ders , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁open ▁range ▁cattle men , ▁so ▁conflicts ▁like ▁the ▁F ence ▁C ut ting ▁War ▁became ▁almost ▁in ev itable . ▁R ac ism ▁was ▁also ▁a ▁factor , ▁being ▁that ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁she ph erd s ▁were ▁either ▁His pan ic ▁or ▁Native ▁American . ▁One ▁of ▁the ▁earliest ▁sheep ▁wars ▁was ▁fought ▁in ▁ 1 8 7 5 , ▁in ▁the ▁Charles ▁Good night ▁range , ▁along ▁the ▁Texas - New ▁Mexico ▁border . ▁Later , ▁sheep ▁wars ▁occurred ▁in ▁the ▁central ▁and ▁West ▁Texas ▁count ies ▁of ▁Sch leich er , ▁N olan , ▁Brown , ▁C rane , ▁Tom ▁Green , ▁San ▁S aba ▁and ▁Cole man . ▁ ▁On ▁March ▁ 9 , ▁ 1 8 8 1 , ▁the ▁state ▁of ▁Texas ▁passed ▁a ▁law ▁which ▁author ized ▁the ▁appointment ▁of ▁sheep ▁inspect ors , ▁who ▁were ▁to ▁quar antine ▁sheep ▁inf ected ▁with ▁sc ab . ▁However , ▁the ▁law ▁only ▁drove ▁the ▁she e ph erd ers ▁" under ▁cover ." ▁There ▁were ▁also ▁laws ▁passed ▁that ▁prevent ed ▁she e ph erd ers ▁from