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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. The conflict began when cattle companies started ruthlessly persecuting alleged rustlers in the area, many of whom were settlers who competed with them for livestock, land ...
Nov 8, 2014 · In April 1892, a private army of 52 cattle barons, their employees and hired Texas guns invaded Johnson County in northern Wyoming, intending to kill as many as 70 men they suspected of being rustlers or rustler sympathizers.
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.
The Johnson County War exposed the strong tensions between homesteaders and cattle ranchers. It highlighted the extent to which cattle ranchers would protect their economic interests and political power. It demonstrated the challenges of coexistence.
Oct 17, 2017 · During the April 9, 1892, siege of Wyoming’s KC Ranch, Nate Champion put up a mighty one-man stand, even prompting one of his enemies to call him ‘a he-man with plenty of guts’.
- Ron Soodalter
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.
In April 1892, the Barons organized and some led a group of about 50 armed men, made up of their employees, Wyoming Stockgrowers Association range detectives, and Texas hired guns. They became infamously known as the “Invaders”.
