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001 ocm62860266
003 OCoLC
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008 060109s1966 nbub b 001 0 eng
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035 $a(OCoLC)62860266
050 4 $aF767.J8$bS6 1967
082 4 $a978.7
100 1 $aSmith, Helena Huntington.
245 14 $aThe war on Powder River /$cHelena Huntington Smith.
260 $aLincoln :$bUniversity of Nebraska Press,$c©1966.
300 $axiii, 320 pages :$bmap ;$c21 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
490 1 $aBison book ;$vBB375
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
500 $a"A Bison Book."
500 $a"First Bison Book printing October, 1967"--Title page verso.
520 $aOn 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.
505 0 $aPrologue: "Cattle thieves, beware!" -- The setting: The Powder River country -- Cheer up, boys, 1879-1887: The beef bonanza ; The castle built on sand ; Seeds of trouble -- I ; Seeds of trouble -- II ; Hard times and hard feelings ; The winter of death -- A maverick is a motherless calf, 1884-1890: Long ropes and running irons ; The case of William Maverick ; Who is a cattle thief? -- I ; Who is a cattle thief? -- II ; "You can't get a conviction" ; Bill Maverick again ; Exit Bill Maverick -- No promised land, 1875-1890: The cattlemen come -- and so do the settlers ; New the twain shall meet ; If you call a man a thief ; The Hat Outfit ; The crime on the Sweetwater -- 1891, the story of a year: "Caught on the market" ; Joe DeBarthe's Buffalo [Wyoming] ; The weather breeder ; Blood on a tarpaulin ; The reader is the jury -- I ; The reader is the jury -- II ; Banquo's ghost and other omens -- "An insurrection in Wyoming," 1892: A who's who of the invasion ; The willful men ; The secret special ; The death of Nate Champion ; A surprise for the regulators ; "I will surrender to you -- " ; How Buffalo lost the railroad ; And marched them down again -- Aftermath: The case of the innocent bystanders ; Mad dog murder ; The plot that failed ; George Dunning, an angry man ; The author of "The Banditti" -- Epilogue -- Notes.
505 0 $aIllustrations: Roundup scene -- Moreton Frewen -- The Cheyenne Club -- Main Street, Buffalo, Wyoming, about 1884 -- Ella Watson (Cattle Kate) -- Frank Canton with his favorite horse -- Dudley Champion, Al Allison, Nate Champion -- Gulch where John A. Tisdale was murdered on December 1, 1891 -- A. A. Mercer -- Some of the invaders at Fort Russell after they were taken prisoner -- The KC ranch barn soon after Champion's death -- The TA ranch house as the cattlemen left it after their rescue by federal troops.
650 0 $aJohnson County War, 1892.
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830 0 $aBison book ;$vBB375.
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