The document discusses the Johnson County War in Wyoming in the late 1800s. It began as tensions grew between early settlers who had become wealthy cattle barons and later homesteaders who threatened the open range system. The cattle barons hired gunmen who attacked the homesteaders, marking both a climax of lawlessness in the Wild West but also signaling the end as the rule of law was eventually restored.

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3. Why was the Johnson County War both the height and the end of the Wild West? Political (government) Social Economic (money) Other Make links...

4. Why was the Johnson County War both the height and the end of the Wild West? 1840 -First Settlers – 1860s 1870s Later Settlers – 1890s Beef Bonanza Homesteaders