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 Range War ⓘ
linked to: Johnson County 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 ⓘ
deathTollEstimate dozens (including both sides and bystanders) ⓘ
endDate 1892-04-13 ⓘ
historicalContext American Old West ⓘ
linked to: Old West

closing of the American frontier ⓘ
inspiredWork Heaven's Gate (film) ⓘ
linked to: Heaven's Gate

Johnson County War (2002 miniseries) ⓘ
linked to: Johnson County War

The Virginian (novel) ⓘ
intervenedBy President Benjamin Harrison ⓘ
linked to: Benjamin Harrison

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 ⓘ
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 Range War ⓘ
linked to: Johnson County War
Johnson County War → inspiredWork → Johnson County War (2002 miniseries) ⓘ
linked to: Johnson County War
Johnson County, Wyoming → knownFor → Johnson County War ⓘ
Johnson County, Wyoming → hasHistoricalEvent → Johnson County War ⓘ
Heaven's Gate → basedOn → Johnson County War ⓘ
Wyoming Stock Growers Association → notableEventAssociation → Johnson County invasion of 1892 ⓘ
linked to: Johnson County War
siege of the TA Ranch → conflict → Johnson County War ⓘ
siege of the TA Ranch → partOf → Johnson County War ⓘ
siege of the TA Ranch → relatedTo → Johnson County War ⓘ
TA Ranch → knownFor → Johnson County War ⓘ
TA Ranch → conflictOccurredAt → Johnson County War ⓘ
Frank Wolcott → participatedIn → Johnson County War ⓘ
Frank Wolcott → notableEvent → Johnson County War in Wyoming ⓘ
linked to: Johnson County War
Nate Champion → participantIn → Johnson County War ⓘ
William "Red" Angus → notableEvent → Johnson County War ⓘ
subject linked to: Sheriff William "Red" Angus
William "Red" Angus → conflict → Johnson County War ⓘ
subject linked to: Sheriff William "Red" Angus
Kaycee, Wyoming → hasNearbyHistoricEvent → Johnson County War ⓘ
Kaycee, Wyoming → historicalContext → Johnson County War ⓘ
Johnson County, Wyoming → hasHistoricalEvent → Johnson County War ⓘ
subject linked to: Johnson County
Ella Watson → involvedIn → Johnson County War ⓘ