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  Johnson County War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Johnson County War, also known as the War on Powder River or Wyoming Civil War, was a range war which took place in Johnson County, Wyoming, in the Powder River Country, in April 1892.
The WSGA hired a number of killers from Texas and organized an expedition of 50 men with the intention of eliminating alleged rustlers in Johnson County and replacing the local government.
The Johnson County War, with its overtones of class warfare, and intervention of the President of the United States to save the lives of a gang of hired killers and set them free, does not fit in well with the American myth of the west.
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 Johnson County War--Wyoming Tales and Trails II
Thus it was that the County literally could not afford the cost of the prosecution.
Sheldon, "A Nebraska Episode of the Wyoming Cattle War," Nebraska State Historical Society, 1899, the writ of habeas corpus was issued upon the deposit of $120.00 with the judge to "meet all possible costs." Sheldon noted that no accounting of the money and no record of the writ has ever been found.
The reference to such a "gang" was more likely an after the fact attempt by the large cattle interests to justify their actions by portraying the invasion as an effort to eliminate a gang of rustlers that Johnson County authorities would not bring to justice.
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 Johnson County War--Wyoming Tales and Trails
In Johnson County, as an example, there was the "Hole-in-the-Wall," wherein resided various outlaws who preyed on cattle interests such as J. Carey's CY Ranch.
Hesse had a reputation in Johnson County as one not to be messed with.
Such terms were, of course, mild in comparison with those which Johnson County people would apply to him twenty years later when he was a leader of the big cattlemen's invasion of their county.
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 Historical Wyoming Tidbits - Johnson County War
The towns in the region became polarized: Sheridan was a bastion of the cattle barons, while nearby Buffalo was a small rancher stronghold.
The TA was owned by an Association member and they built breast works, dug rifle pits, and otherwise prepared it for a siege.
Court proceedings dragged on, material witnesses disappeared, and when Johnson County was unable to afford room and board for so many prisoners, the entire case was dismissed.
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 Amazon.com: Johnson County War: DVD: Tom Berenger,Luke Perry,Adam Storke,Burt Reynolds,Michelle Forbes,Rachel Ward,Jack ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
With a deft balance of rugged action and richly drawn characters, Johnson County War captures the essence--if not the precise historical details--of the range wars that raged between Wyoming homesteaders and cattle barons in the early 1890s.
Large, sprawling, and picture-postcard pretty, JOHNSON COUNTY WAR is a three-hour mini-series that originally ran on the Hallmark Channel in 2002.
JOHNSON COUNTY WAR is a good enough movie, but it has some problems.
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 Johnson County War
The cattle barons, fed up with the lack of results in their effort to intimidate the opposition, decide to declare all out war and import two dozen Texas gunmen to lead the assault, first on the ranch of Cain Hammett, then on the small town of Antelope.
He chooses family and gathers a posse of small ranchers and townspeople to help rescue Cain from the hired mercenaries and cattlemen who have his small cabin surrounded.
Cain's fight is a highlight of the Johnson County range wars, brought to life in Hallmark Entertainment's action-packed television movie, based on best-selling author Frederick Manfred's novel "Riders of Judgment."
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 Johnson County War (2002) (TV)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
I was very tense just watching it all, i was cheering when the bad guys got gunned down in the epic end battle...which is unusual for me to do so.
If you like Westerns made right, then you'll love Johnson County War.
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 Johnson County War
In the late 1880s a conflict arose between the owners of large and small ranches.
In April 1892, Major Frank Wolcott, owner of the VR Ranch, led the Regulators into Johnson County.
News of these events reached Red Angus, Sheriff of Johnson County.
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From the man who penned LONESOME DOVE, that classic Western epic, JOHNSON COUNTY WAR tells the tale of 3 brothers who become outlaws.
The ruggedly handsome Hammett men, played by acclaimed actors Burt Reynolds (BOOGIE NIGHTS), Tom Berenger (THE SUBSTITUTE), and Luke Perry (TV's BEVERLY HILLS 90210), are upstanding cattle farmers in the Old West.
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 Johnson County War
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