Johnson County War 1892 - Causes and effects table in GCSE History

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Created on: 31-05-13 11:36

Johnson County War 1892

Causes

People who owned land in Johnson County felt that cattle barons were stealing their land.
Ranchers thought that homesteaders were rustling cattle.
Storekeeper James Averill and prostitute Ella Watson were accused of rustling some rebranded cattle and a lynch mob murdered them in front of their house.

Effects

the Wyoming Stock Growers Association hired gunmen and drew up a hit list of 70 people they suspected to be rustlers.
These vigilantes called themselves Regulators and killed two alleged Rustlers.
A group of locals attacked the Regulators at a ranch called the TA.
The Stock Growers Association uses their links with the government to call the army to rescue them.

Overall summary

No prosecutions resulted from the Johnson County War.

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