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Johnson County War
The Johnson County War, also known as the War on Powder River and the Wyoming Range War, was a range conflict that took place in Johnson County, Wyoming from 1889 to 1893. The conflict began when cattle companies started ruthlessly persecuting alleged rustlers in the area, many of whom were innocent settlers who competed with them for land, livestock and water rights. As tensions swelled between the large established ranchers and the smaller settlers in the state, violence finally broke out in Powder River Country, when the
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- A.L. Redden (Aug 1882-Jul 1884)
- J.P. Johnson (Sep 1880-Aug 1882)
- Cyrus Leland, Jr. (Sep 1878-Sep 1880) (Troy) (1st time) - (Civil War veteran, Doniphan County Commissioner (1870-1890); state Representative (1865, 1903-1908); Collector of Internal Revenue (1888-1892); President William McKinley's western campaign manager (1896); Kansas Pension Agent (1897-1900); National Committeeman (1884–1900); National Conventions