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The siege of the TA Ranch was a siege and the climax of the Johnson County War, which happened on April 11–13, 1892 in the TA Ranch in Johnson County, Wyoming. [1] [2]The battle was fought between a group of cattle barons and their hired guns, who were trapped in the TA Ranch, and a posse of homesteaders and local lawmen who had besieged them after dozens of ranchers and their mercenaries ...
The TA was established in 1882 as one of the first ranches in Johnson County, Wyoming. The TA is the only intact site associated with the range war, with trenches used by both sides still visible and scars on the nearby buildings. The ranch also documents the expansion and development of cattle ranching in Wyoming. [2]
Montford Johnson's father, Charles "Boggy" Johnson, was an English Shakespearean actor. Charles Johnson came to the United States with his brother when he was 19 years old and toured in the South with a theater production. [1] Charles Johnson married Chickasaw citizen Rebekah Courtney. Courtney was half Chickasaw (her mother's line) and half ...
The Johnson County War, also known as the War on Powder River and the Wyoming Range War, was a range war in Johnson County, Wyoming from 1889 to 1893. [3] The conflict began when cattle companies started ruthlessly persecuting alleged rustlers in the area, many of whom were settlers who competed with them for livestock, land and water rights.
The Battle of Suggs, also known as the Suggs Affray or the Suggs Affair, was a shootout between Buffalo Soldiers and Wyoming homesteaders in Suggs, Wyoming on June 17, 1892. [1] [2] The skirmish was part of a larger conflict known as the Johnson County War fought from 1889 to 1893 between wealthy ranchers and settlers of modest means who the former accused of being rustlers.
Kaycee is a town in Johnson County, Wyoming, United States.The population was 247 at the 2020 census.It is home to a museum that preserves the cattle ranching heritage of the area, especially the history of the Johnson County War.
These ranchers were accused of cattle rustling. The book History of Wyoming by T. A. Larson credits this plan directly to Wolcott, other sources disagree and trace the "lynching bee" to WSGA board members. [2] After the murder of Nate Champion, the Sheriff of Johnson County hunted down the Regulators at the TA Ranch near Crazy Woman Creek.
The HF Bar Ranch is located in Johnson County, Wyoming about 20 miles (32 km) northwest of Buffalo, Wyoming in the foothills of the Bighorn Mountains near Saddlestring, Wyoming. The ranch is a working cattle ranch comprising about 36 buildings, built between 1898 and 1921.