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Wyoming Range War: The Infamous Invasion of Johnson County
Contributor(s): Davis, John W. (Author)

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ISBN: 0806142618     ISBN-13: 9780806142616
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: August 2012
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BISAC Categories:
- History | United States - 19th Century
- History | United States - 20th Century
- History | United States - State & Local - West (ak, Ca, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, Wy)
Dewey: 978.735
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.1" W x 9.2" L (1.30 lbs) 376 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 19th Century
- Chronological Period - 20th Century
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
 
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Publisher Description:
Wyoming attorney John W. Davis retells the story of the West's most notorious range war. Having delved more deeply than previous writers into land and census records, newspapers, and trial transcripts, Davis has produced an all-new interpretation. He looks at the conflict from the perspective of Johnson County residents--those whose home territory was invaded and many of whom the invaders targeted for murder--and finds that, contrary to the received explanation, these people were not thieves and rustlers but legitimate citizens.

The broad outlines of the conflict are familiar: some of Wyoming's biggest cattlemen, under the guise of eliminating livestock rustling on the open range, hire two-dozen Texas cowboys and, with range detectives and prominent members of the Wyoming Stock Growers Association, "invade" north-central Wyoming to clean out rustlers and other undesirables. While the invaders kill two suspected rustlers, citizens mobilize and eventually turn the tables, surrounding the intruders at a ranch where they intend to capture them by force. An appeal for help convinces President Benjamin Harrison to call out the army from nearby Fort McKinley, and after an all-night ride the soldiers arrive just in time to stave off the invaders' annihilation. Though taken prisoner, they later avoid prosecution.

The cattle barons' powers of persuasion in justifying their deeds have colored accounts of the war for more than a century. Wyoming Range War tells a compelling story that redraws the lines between heroes and villains.


Contributor Bio(s): Davis, John W.: -

John W. Davis, who resides in Worland, Wyoming, has practiced law in the Big Horn Basin for more than forty years. He is the author of A Vast Amount of Trouble: A History of the Spring Creek Raid andGoodbye, Judge Lynch: The End of a Lawless Era in Wyoming's Big Horn Basin.


 
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