 By the 1950s, growth in the area stabilized when cattle ranching usurped mining as the primary industry of the town.In 1952, the Lusk Baptist Church sent letters to Representative William Henry Harrison III and Senators Joseph C. O'Mahoney and Lester C. Hunt protesting the creation of diplomatic relations with Vatican City through the appointment of Mark W. Clark.Lusk is located at (42.760674, -104.452729).