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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 · 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. The invaders managed to kill two men before word got out, and they were surrounded by an angry posse.
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.
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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 · 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 ...
Johnson County War 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.
