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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.
Oct 17, 2017 · Champion of the Johnson County War. by Ron Soodalter 10/17/2017. Share This Article. 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’. Wyoming in early April can be brutal, and the small army of more than 50 ...
Aug 21, 2018 · The Johnson County War: The Grandaddy of the Old West’s Range Wars. by Marshall Trimble | Aug 21, 2018 | True West Blog. Nate Champion. 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.
Johnson County War - Hoofprints of the Past Museum. By the late 1880’s, for a variety of reasons, much of the former booming cattle industry was in the process of busting. The cattle barons faced increasing competition as cowboys in their employ and increasing numbers of settlers to the region began building their own herds.
Wolcott’s Regulators of the Johnson County War. Range disputes in Wyoming led to what is known as the Johnson County War, and the murder of innocent homesteaders.
Jan 30, 2015 · Encyclopedia. Buffalo Soldiers In Wyoming and The West. Buffalo Soldiers in Wyoming and the West. Tom Rea. Friday, January 30, 2015. After the Civil War, about one-fifth of the regular U.S. cavalry troopers in the West—around 1,500 soldiers at any one time—were Black.
This collection contains financial and legal documents related to the Johnson County War, also known as the War on Powder Creek, which was a range war between large cattle ranchers and small ranchers in Johnson County, Wyoming, in April 1892.
