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Wyoming Range War - The Infamous Invasion of Johnson County (Paperback) Loot Price: R594
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Wyoming Range War - The Infamous Invasion of Johnson County (Paperback): John W. Davis

Wyoming Range War - The Infamous Invasion of Johnson County (Paperback)

John W. Davis

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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.

General

Imprint: University of Oklahoma Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: August 2012
First published: August 2012
Authors: John W. Davis
Dimensions: 235 x 156 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 376
ISBN-13: 978-0-8061-4261-6
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > History of other lands
Books > Humanities > History > American history > General
Books > History > American history > General
Books > History > History of other lands
LSN: 0-8061-4261-8
Barcode: 9780806142616

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