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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 ...
Nov 8, 2014 · The 52 invaders of Johnson County surround and finally kill Nate Champion and his friend Nick Ray at the KC Ranch in present-day Kaycee, Wyoming, an event that came to be called the Johnson County War.
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.
The Johnson County War exposed the strong tensions between homesteaders and cattle ranchers. It highlighted the extent to which cattle ranchers would protect their economic interests and political power .
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 · 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.
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.
