siege of the TA Ranch

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The siege of the TA Ranch was a pivotal 1892 armed standoff in Wyoming during the Johnson County War, where local settlers and lawmen surrounded hired gunmen employed by powerful cattle interests.

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siege of the KC Ranch 1
siege of the TA Ranch canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf armed standoff ⓘ
event in the Johnson County War ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
cause Johnson County War escalation ⓘ
tensions between large cattle barons and small settlers ⓘ
chronology late phase of the Johnson County War ⓘ
conflict Johnson County War ⓘ
conflictType range war engagement ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
date April 1892 ⓘ
describedAs pivotal engagement of the Johnson County War ⓘ
followedBy arrest and later release of many invaders ⓘ
intervention by the U.S. Cavalry ⓘ
genre Old West history ⓘ
hasConsequences increased public scrutiny of cattle barons ⓘ
political fallout in Wyoming ⓘ
hasOutcome no formal convictions for leading cattle barons ⓘ
hasParticipant Johnson County lawmen ⓘ
Wyoming Stock Growers Association gunmen ⓘ
hired gunmen ⓘ
local settlers ⓘ
historicalRegion American Old West ⓘ
linked to: Old West
involves Wyoming Stock Growers Association ⓘ
small ranchers and homesteaders ⓘ
locatedIn Johnson County, Wyoming ⓘ
United States ⓘ
Wyoming ⓘ
mainLocation TA Ranch ⓘ
militaryTactic siege ⓘ
opponent hired gunmen employed by large cattle interests ⓘ
local settlers and lawmen ⓘ
opposedBy local sheriff and posse ⓘ
partOf Johnson County War ⓘ
precededBy invasion of Johnson County by hired gunmen ⓘ
relatedTo Johnson County War ⓘ
range wars in the American West ⓘ
result capture of hired gunmen by local forces ⓘ
surrender of the besieged gunmen ⓘ
significance symbol of resistance by small ranchers and settlers against cattle barons ⓘ
turning point in the Johnson County War ⓘ
theme land and grazing rights disputes ⓘ
vigilantism and private armies ⓘ
timePeriod late 19th century ⓘ
weaponUsed revolvers ⓘ
rifles ⓘ
year 1892 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Johnson County War → notableEvent → siege of the TA Ranch ⓘ
Nate Champion → notableEvent → siege of the KC Ranch ⓘ
linked to: siege of the TA Ranch