Articles written by Steve Edwards

Steve Edwards|Jun 10, 2015

Writer’s note: Back in March I wrote a story that described the way wool used to be sold and shipped along the Hi-line. In 2002 a new system was started that consolidated a large number of points where smaller producers shipped their wool to a new system of collecting wool. The people who organize the Hi-line wool pool sale each year invited me to come see how the system works. I drove to Malta, on a Saturday morning in early Ma,y to see firsthand how things work during wool delivery day. Here’s what I learned: About 30 members of the Hi-...