Wyoming Stock Growers Association

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The Wyoming Stock Growers Association is a powerful late-19th-century cattlemen’s organization in Wyoming that played a central role in the violent Johnson County War between large ranchers and smaller settlers.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cattlemen’s association
interest group
trade association
aimsTo protect interests of large cattle owners
standardize cattle industry practices in Wyoming
associatedWith brand inspection systems in Wyoming
large open-range cattle operations
conflictTypeInvolvement range war
country United States of America
surface form: United States
focusesOn prevention of cattle rustling
property rights enforcement for cattle owners
foundedInCentury 19th century
foundedInPeriod late 19th century
hasActivity coordination of cattle roundups
lobbying
political influence
range management
hasInfluenceOn Wyoming livestock laws
Wyoming territorial government NERFINISHED
hasLanguage English
hasMembershipType cattle companies
ranchers
hasOrganizationalType nonprofit association
hasRegionServed Wyoming rangelands
historicalRole dominant cattlemen’s organization in Wyoming in the late 19th century
major political power in territorial Wyoming
industry cattle ranching
livestock
involvedInConflict Johnson County War NERFINISHED
locatedIn Cheyenne, Wyoming NERFINISHED
Wyoming
notableEventAssociation Johnson County invasion of 1892 NERFINISHED
opposedGroup independent cattlemen in Wyoming
small settlers in Johnson County
partOfHistoryOf American Old West NERFINISHED
Wyoming territorial era
represents Wyoming livestock producers
large cattle ranchers in Wyoming
roleInJohnsonCountyWar central organization for large ranchers
supported actions against alleged rustlers
subjectOf accounts of the Johnson County War
historical studies of the American West
timeOfPeakPower 1880s
early 1890s

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Johnson County War involvedOrganization Wyoming Stock Growers Association
Johnson County War mainBelligerent Wyoming Stock Growers Association