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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.
The Johnson Country War. 18 min read. A- A+. Enraged by losses from their herds a band of respectable cattle barons took the law into their own hands—and barely escaped with their lives. Helena Huntington Smith. April 1961. Volume. 12. Issue. 3.
Feb 25, 2023 · The Johnson County War was a range conflict that took place in Johnson County, Wyoming from 1889 to 1893. It was a dispute over stock, grazing, and water rights between large established cattle ranchers and small farmers and settlers.
Identity elements. 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 ...
