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- The story fictionalizes Wyoming’s Johnson County War, based on Manfred’s original research (which relied heavily on Johnson County Historian Thelma Condit).
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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 ...
- Stock, grazing and water rights disputes
- Homesteader victory
- July 20, 1889 - May 24, 1893
Nov 8, 2014 · The Johnson County War: 1892 Invasion of Northern Wyoming. John W. Davis. Saturday, November 8, 2014. 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.
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. 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.
Range disputes in Wyoming led to what is known as the Johnson County War, and the murder of innocent homesteaders.
Oct 20, 2018 · So when you hear about the "Johnson County War", or see a historic marker on the side of Highway 196, you might wonder exactly what sort of war unfolded in these sleepy hills. In the late 1800s, Wyoming's cattle business was booming. Small time ranchers had quickly found that the grazing here was exactly what they needed to grow healthy herds.
Oct 17, 2017 · Champion of the Johnson County War. 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 wealthy cattlemen and their hired killers had ridden ...
