The site became a trade center for cattle ranchers and sheepherders. His father was a "vaquero" from a family of cattle workers and sheepherders. Lake County once hosted significant populations of Basque and Irish sheepherders. After leaving Memphis the Sheepherders returned to Puerto Rico and the WWC. It is thought that the name was given to the village by early Basque sheepherders. The Sheepherders then returned to the CWA Memphis territory. In 1987, the Sheepherders returned to the CWA once more. Jonathan Boyd reunited with the Sheepherders in the World Wrestling Council in Puerto Rico. This was when their name changed to "The New Zealand Sheepherders". As 1988 began they entered into a brief feud with the Sheepherders. But in the US, they started working as sheepherders. In 1986, they had a feud with The Sheepherders in the Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF). Keirn and Lane dominated the matches and once again "ran off" the Sheepherders. Otherwise, the land was used primarily by sheepherders from New Mexico. He spent much of his youth working for Mexican sheepherders.