The War on Powder River

On a blizzardy morning in 1892, fifty armed men surrounded the cabin on Powder River where two cattle rustlers had spent the night. The first rustler was shot as he came down the path for a bucket of water. The second man held out until afternoon, when the vigilantes set the cabin afire. Driven out by the flames, he was shot a dozen times. It was another skirmish in the War on Powder River.

The War began to smolder in 1875 and at stake was nothing less than dominion over the new state of Wyoming. Cattlemen demanded control of the range. Farmers denounced the "invasion from Texas" as more and more hired gunmen moved into the state. Threats, counter-threats, and legal maneuvers were soon accompanied by shooting and the noose.

• The Trial of Tom Horn
• A Vast Amount of Trouble: A History of the Spring Creek Raid
• The Johnson County War
• The Wyoming Lynching of Cattle Kate, 1889
• The Banditti of the Plains: Or The Cattlemen's Invasion of Wyoming in 1892
• Wyoming Range War: The Infamous Invasion of Johnson County
• The Legend of Colton H. Bryant
• A Bride Goes West (Women of the West)