Nate Champion

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Nate Champion was a Wyoming cowboy and small rancher who became a central figure and folk hero of the Johnson County War after making a famous last stand against hired gunmen in 1892.

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Nate Champion canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cowboy ⓘ
person ⓘ
rancher ⓘ
associatedWith Johnson County, Wyoming ⓘ
KC Ranch ⓘ
linked to: TA Ranch

Wyoming cattle wars ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States ⓘ
familyName Champion ⓘ
genre American frontier folklore ⓘ
givenName Nate ⓘ
hasCauseOfDeath gunshot wounds ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup American frontiersmen ⓘ
hasLegacy remembered as a central figure in the Johnson County War ⓘ
subject of Western histories and folklore accounts ⓘ
hasReputation symbol of small ranchers’ resistance ⓘ
hasRole folk hero of the American Old West ⓘ
small rancher opposing large cattle interests ⓘ
mannerOfDeath killed in a gunfight ⓘ
movement resistance to large cattle barons in Wyoming ⓘ
notableEvent siege of the KC Ranch ⓘ
notableFor last stand at the KC Ranch in 1892 ⓘ
role in the Johnson County War ⓘ
occupation cowboy ⓘ
rancher ⓘ
participantIn Johnson County War ⓘ
placeOfDeath Johnson County, Wyoming ⓘ
residence Wyoming ⓘ
yearOfDeath 1892 ⓘ

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Johnson County War → involvedPerson → Nate Champion ⓘ