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Aug 22, 2002 · Johnson County War The range is strewn with oaters that just don't float, but Hallmark Channel gets it right with "Johnson County War." Clocking in at four hours, the miniseries-that-isn't -- it's ...
Aug 21, 2018 · 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: The Series Based on a true event, is in a class with the likes of movie greats, Tom Horn, Lonesome Dove or The Jackbull. Coherent writing, attention to detail of the period for which the series took place, i.e.: clothing, set decoration, realism.
A man is trapped in a burning cabin. He jumps through a glass window. He shoots some men. Later, he is shown cocking his rifle and about 7 men at very close rang all shoot him repeatedly with pistols and rifles.
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. Such small cattlemen began legally homesteading the choicest spots […]
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 conflicts began when cattle companies started ruthlessly persecuting alleged rustlers in the area, many of whom were innocent settlers that competed with them for land, livestock and water rights. As tensions swelled ...
The killings created an uproar in Johnson County and the movement to charge the “higher-ups” became the whole thrust of the community. The means to arrest and charge complicit cattlemen were at hand. If Johnson County could obtain a conviction against even one of the assassins, he would probably name his employers to avoid a long prison term.
