Johnson County War Essays

  • Johnson County Stock War: Big Business versus Small Ranchers

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    Johnson County Stock War: Big Business versus Small Ranchers On March 10, 1892 the Billings Gazette reported, “The opening of spring may be more red than green for the horse thieves and cattle thieves of Johnson County” (Brash, 143). The writer of the article could little have known how truthful their premonition would prove to be. The late 1800’s were turbulent times in the West. Large tracts of publicly held range ground would be at the center of Wyoming’s very own civil war. Gil Bollinger

  • The Johnson County War Summary

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    the raiders to Johnson County. Barber, was very much aware of the plan that was taking place in Cheyenne and what was about to be executed by these invaders. In Bill O’Neils book The Johnson County War, he brings up a great point about the acting governor. In taking the position of the governor, he was

  • The Old West: Range Wars

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    Wayne; things they see in western movies. Another staple in western movies is the range war, it is important for modern Americans to know which parts of the west were true and which were false. The range wars of the late 1800’s were important to rights and responsibilities because they changed the way many people lived in the west and midwest, finally stating the concept of private and public property. Range wars were fought for a number of reasons. Some were fought between cattle ranchers and sheep

  • indian history

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    Chapter 6 Indian Removal Policy -- White settlers believed that Indians stood in the way of their progress -- 1820's Isaac McCoy, Baptist minister, believed that Indians would like to live in Kansas present idea to Sec. Of War Calhoun -- William Clark, Superintendent of Indian Affairs negotiated treaties (agreements) with the Kansa and Osage Indians n     to insure move of Indians Congress passes the Indian Removal Act of 1830 n     promised the land in Oklahoma for “as long as the grass grows

  • Butler, Tennessee

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    The town of Butler is not a very well known place, but I would not trade anything in the world for it. In this quaint little town one will find a wide variety of year round activities and traditional festivals. I have traveled to many places in our nation and to other nations, but I have yet to find a place that is as dear to me as my hometown. Most of the inhabitants of Butler will tell you the same thing, whether they have traveled or not. Butler has such a picturesque landscape that it is often

  • Middle School's Song Analysis: The Final Countdown

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    The Final Countdown The last week of the last year, three years in the making. It's the Final Countdown and I've chosen the song “Final Countdown” because it sums up my three years in middle school. I liked this song because it shows passion, hope, and the will to succeed. The three keys to success and the three keys that kept with me throughout my middle school years. My first reason for picking this song is because I think it shows a lot of passion and everyone needs passion at some

  • Jesse James and Billy the Kid

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    was captured, and under the charge of murder, he ditched the guardhouse and went on the run. This was when he became an outlaw. He arrived at Lincoln County, New Mexico and got a job from a man named John Tunstall and his life began to look better. But, a merchant and cattleman named James J. Dolan, who essentially ran the show down in Lincoln County, started causing problems. Jam... ... middle of paper ... ... cold killers, gunning down anyone in their way. These men, even if they made bad decisions

  • How Outlaw Gangs Started

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    Billy The Kid, born in the east, came to New Mexico in the 1870's and started out on his own from Silver City. Go where you will over the trails he rode, and you will agree, he is alive today In Lincoln, he became involved in the famous Lincoln County War. This was a time of political strife and financial power struggles. In most cases, one must kill or be killed. Upon the death of John Tunstall, Billy vowed vengeance on every man who participated in that cruel, wanton murder. Later, the Kid was

  • The Lincoln County War

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    The Lincoln County War was a small skirmish between civilian factions in the New Mexico territory in 1978. It started as a feud between two rival general stores in Lincoln County. It was plagued by poor dissemination of information because, both sides were deputized and assumed they were operating with the law. By the end of the conflict twenty-two people had died, and with the exception of Billy the Kid, both sides were pardoned for their actions. There was no clear winner, and due to questionable

  • Billy The Kid

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    match for the much bigger and older blacksmith he drew his gun and shot the blacksmith who died the next day. He was arrested but the escaped and began running from the law, something he did all of his life. Billy the Kid eventually moved to Lincoln County, New Mexico were he began working for J.H. Tunstall. Tunstall was a rich farmland owner who had an ongoing feud with L.G. Murphy and J.J. Dolan over farmland and grazing rights. Billy the Kid looked at Tunstall as a father and would do anything for

  • The Case Of Swan Land And Cattle V. Swift

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    on Johnson County and the city of Buffalo. However, Cheyenne the capital city of Wyoming played a major role in the “range war” where the Johnson County War originated and concluded when the invaders were arrested and brought back for trial. Many of those who left with the mob were residences of Cheyenne; others who prevented the soldiers from pursuing them were also residence of Cheyenne. Even those who brought them and detained them and those who told the story of the Johnson County War called

  • Citizen Voices, The Courthouse-On-The-Square Analysis

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    Bob Johnson, Citizen Voices, The Courthouse-on-the-Square Introduction I will be using various elements that constitute a description that includes: answer the question “what do I see”, describe the form of art, what the medium was used for creation of this work, Size and scale of the art piece, Elements or general shapes formed in the composition such as buildings or several figures within the painting are lined up, description of the use of line and how line describes shape and space, description

  • Sybil Ludington Thesis

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    The Revolutionary War was fought by average men against the tyrannical rule of the British Empire. This was when Americans fought for their independence against Britain. Paul Revere warned patriots about the British on April 18, 1775 and is well-known. However, a sixteen-year-old rode more than twice the distance as Paul Revere and in more dangerous conditions. On April 26, 1777, Sybil Ludington took a stand in history, because the British were attacking Danbury, Connecticut, and she rode 40 miles

  • Gregory Lee Johnson Case Study

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    Gregory Lee Johnson was convicted for desecration of a venerated object; a violation of a Texas Statute in the County Criminal Court No. 8 of Dallas County by Judge John C. Hendrik. He sentence was one year in prison and a fine of $2000. The respondent appealed with the Dallas Court of Appeals, Fifth Supreme Judicial District, 706 S.W.2d 120 (1986), Judge Vance affirmed the conviction, and a rehearing was denied. The defendant subsequently petitioned for a discretionary review with the Texas Court

  • From Poor White Trash to President of the United States: Andrew Johnson

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    Did the Presidency of Andrew Johnson set the United States back politically almost a century? Born December 29, 1808; Andrew Johnson embarked on a political campaign that watched him rise from absolute destitution to the heights of President of the United States. Andrew Johnson was born in a log cabin in Raleigh North Carolina.(1) His parents Jacob and Polly were both illiterate, hence, Andrew had basically no education during his youth. Jacob Johnson, Andrew’s father, passed away when Andrew was

  • Bacon's Rebellion

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    next to disperse and retire peaceably to their respective abodes.”(Washington 67). Ultimately only two of the whiskey rebels were convicted and then pardoned by the President. The Whiskey Rebellion had finally come to an end. (Murrin, Hamalainen, Johnson,

  • Is Partition an Effective Way to End Conflict?

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    (2008): 29-37. • James Fearon, ‘Separatist Wars, Partition, and World Order’, Security Studies, 13 (4), 2004 pp. 394-415. • Fraser, T. G. (1984) Partition in Ireland, India and Palestine: theory and practice. London: Macmillan • Horowitz, M. C., Weisiger, A. and Johnson, C. 2009. The limits to partition. International Security, 33 (4), pp. 203--210. • Johnson, C. (2008). Partitioning to peace: Sovereignty, demography, and ethnic civil wars. International Security, 32(4), 140-170. •

  • The Face in the Courthouse Window

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    happened next assured him that at least his story would survive. A sudden flash of lightning captured the image of his face in the garret window of the Pickens County courthouse. Many believe it is a visual reminder of the threat Wells shouted from the attic, “If y’all come up here and kill me, I’ll haunt you for the rest of your lives. I swear” (Johnson)! The legend of the face in the courthouse window is about a community who reacts to similar disasters with determination, exaggerated expectations and

  • Causes Of Declaration Of Independence

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    The battles of Lexington and Concord, the first battle of the American Revolutionary War, were successes for the colonists. The distress from the first battles of the war to caused loyalist Lord Dunmore, Royal Governor of Virginia in 1775, to order the removal of gunpowder from a royal ship so colonists could not access it. A militia, lead by Patrick Henry, forced repayment for

  • The Development of Liberia

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    plagued the region over the last few decades. We are now a decade on from the August 2003 Accra Peace agreement which drew a line under 14 years of civil war and the oppressive dictatorship of Charles Taylor. The peace agreement bought a renewed chance of peace and stability after the atrocities that had been committed across the country. A post-war transitional government was established consisting of 76 members: 12 each from the three warring parties; Government of the Republic of Liberia, the Liberians