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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.
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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. [3] 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 ...
The event came to be called the Johnson County War. Longtime Wyoming historian T.A. Larson ranked it “the most notorious event in the history of Wyoming.” Numerous court records contain valuable information on the invasion, as do other government documents, especially land files.
Range disputes in Wyoming led to what is known as the Johnson County War, and the murder of innocent homesteaders.
By the late 1880’s and 1890’s, the press responded with sensational stories of lawlessness and cattle rustling in Johnson County. The small cattlemen rebelled by conducting their own round-ups, and continuing to maverick.
Aug 21, 2018 · 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. The icy snow blowing in from the north was blinding.
Tisdale, a well-to-do Canadian and son of a member of Parliament, had an unpleasant streak about him. Tisdale owned the TTT on the Natrona - Johnson County line and had come to Wyoming from Ontario about 1890. Owen Wister in his wanderings about Wyoming was at first impressed by Tisdale.
