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Johnson County War: cattle rustlers raid and legal fallout
A veteran recounts the 1891 93 Wyoming Johnson County War sparked by rustlers feeding army contractors. A Cheyenne court battle ends with the prisoners freed on bail as funds fail, exposing political tensions, financier limits, and moral reckonings amid a costly, controversial raid.
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Johnson County
Wyoming
John Clay
Barber
Major Wolcott
Baxter
H. B. Ijams
Livestock Board
Warren
Carey
Fort Fetterman
Owen Wister
Yellow Press
Cheyenne
Casper
K. C. Ranch
Nathan D. Champion
Nick Ray
Jack Flagg
Crazy Wom
Red Angus
Harrison
Fort McKinley
Wolcott
Fort McKinney
Fort Russell
Laramie
Blake
Laramie County
Henry G. Hay
George W. Baxter
Judge Scott
Champion
Ray
A. D. Kelley
Scott
Plains
Omaha
Hubert E. Teschemacher
Elias W. Whitcomb
Teschemacher
Golden Gate
San Francisco
Lae Leman
Bounivard
Johnnie” Gordon
Whit
Teven
T. A. Ranch
Flower
Johnson
Charles M. Russell
John M. Clay