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The Johnson County War, also known as the War on Powder River and the Wyoming Range War, was a range conflict that took place in Johnson County, Wyoming from 1889 to 1893.
Nov 8, 2014 · The 52 invaders of Johnson County surround and finally kill Nate Champion and his friend Nick Ray at the KC Ranch in present-day Kaycee, Wyoming, an event that came to be called the Johnson County War.
Johnson County War: With Tom Berenger, Luke Perry, Burt Reynolds, Rachel Ward. The three Hammett brothers are caught in a conflict that escalates rapidly and the old farmers facing against new farmers who have settled in the green grasslands.
Johnson County War. On April 5, 1892, 52 armed men rode a private, secret train north from Cheyenne. Just outside Casper, Wyo., they switched to horseback and continued north toward Buffalo, Wyo., the Johnson County seat. Their mission was to shoot or hang 70 men named on a list carried by Frank Canton, one of the leaders of this invading force.
Aug 21, 2018 · On April 9th, 1892 in Johnson County, Wyoming a column of hard-looking men rode up to within a short distance of the small ranch headquarters just south of the Middle Fork of the Powder River just before dawn.
By the late 1880’s and 1890’s, the press responded with sensational stories of lawlessness and cattle rustling in Johnson County. The small cattlemen rebelled by conducting their own round-ups, and continuing to maverick.
Range disputes in Wyoming led to what is known as the Johnson County War, and the murder of innocent homesteaders.
Oct 17, 2017 · First by special train from Cheyenne to Casper, and then by wagons and horses toward Johnson County and the target city of Buffalo, they undertook the unthinkable: an armed invasion of a free county of the United States. Death list in hand, their first stop was Nate Champion’s KC Ranch.
The chain reaction of retaliatory murders that could have started never did; and strife-torn Johnson County settled down to peace. The roundups became democratic, with big and little stockmen working side by side.
The Johnson County War, also known as the War on Powder Creek, was a range war between large cattle ranchers and small ranchers in northern Wyoming in April 1892. Johnson County is located at the confluence of the three forks of the Powder Creek.
