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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.
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.
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 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.
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.
Johnson County War, Wyoming – Legends of America. Wyoming cattle by Arthur Rothstein. Into the vast open range of Wyoming, where thousands of buffalo once roamed, came great herds of cattle in the 1880s.
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. The ... Content and structure elements. Scope and content.
