Johnson County War

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The Johnson County War was a violent late-19th-century conflict in Wyoming between large cattle barons and smaller settlers and rustlers, emblematic of the lawlessness and power struggles of the American Wild West.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf conflict
historical event
range war
alsoKnownAs Johnson County War
surface form: Johnson County Range War
cause accusations of cattle rustling
conflict over open range grazing rights
tension between large cattle barons and small settlers
characterizedBy extrajudicial killings
use of hired gunmen
vigilante justice
conflictType cattle war
country United States of America
surface form: United States
deathTollEstimate dozens (including both sides and bystanders)
endDate 1892-04-13
historicalContext Old West
surface form: American Old West

closing of the American frontier
inspiredWork Heaven's Gate
surface form: Heaven's Gate (film)

Johnson County War self-linksurface differs
surface form: Johnson County War (2002 miniseries)

The Virginian (novel)
intervenedBy Benjamin Harrison
surface form: President Benjamin Harrison

United States Cavalry
surface form: United States Cavalry from Fort McKinney
involvedOrganization United States Army
Wyoming Stock Growers Association
group of hired gunmen from Texas
involvedPerson Frank Wolcott
Nate Champion
Sheriff William "Red" Angus
legalOutcome few or no successful prosecutions of cattle barons or gunmen
locatedIn Johnson County, Wyoming
United States of America
surface form: United States

Wyoming Territory
mainBelligerent Wyoming Stock Growers Association
alleged rustlers
homesteaders
small ranchers
notableEvent siege of the TA Ranch
notableLocation TA Ranch
period late 19th century
precededBy tensions during the harsh winter of 1886–1887
relatedTo Lincoln County War
range wars in the American West
result decline of large cattle barons' unchecked power in Wyoming
federal intervention
increased public sympathy for small ranchers
startDate 1892-04-05
theme class conflict between wealthy cattle barons and small settlers
control of land and water resources
lawlessness in the American West
timePeriod Gilded Age

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Wild West notableEvent Johnson County War
Johnson County War alsoKnownAs Johnson County War
this entity surface form: Johnson County Range War
Johnson County War inspiredWork Johnson County War self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Johnson County War (2002 miniseries)
Johnson County, Wyoming knownFor Johnson County War
Johnson County, Wyoming hasHistoricalEvent Johnson County War
Heaven's Gate basedOn Johnson County War