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Als Johnson-County-Krieg, der auch unter den Bezeichnungen War on Powder River und Wyoming Range War in die Geschichte einging, wird eine Auseinandersetzung mit Waffengewalt zwischen Rinderzüchtern und Kleinbauern bezeichnet, die im April 1892 in dem im Norden Wyomings gelegenen Johnson County stattfand und für die Angreifer einen ...
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 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. It demonstrated the challenges of coexistence.
8. Nov. 2014 · Saturday, November 8, 2014. 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.
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 big cattlemen promptly resolved, in early March 1892, to go north and invade Johnson County. The WSGA recruited twenty-three gunmen from Texas to augment the ranks of the invading stockmen. Only a month later, the invaders left Cheyenne and traveled to Johnson County.
Despite an increasingly armed and rebellious mood among Johnson County citizens, the cattle barons resolved to attempt to squelch their opposition with an armed invasion designed to kill the so-called “rustler element” ringleaders, such as Red Angus. In April 1892, the Barons organized and some led a group of about 50 armed men, made up of ...
