Johnson County War

Murder and corruption top the list of the interesting history of the 'Johnson County War'

I recently heard an amazing story about the night Christopher Walken bellied up to the bar at the Hitching Post in Cheyenne. It was the spring of 1979 and Walken had recently won an Academy Award for his role in The Deer Hunter. The actor had just been cast to play Nate Champion in the film Heaven's Gate, which was based on  Wyoming's infamous Johnson County War...

On the news of the death of Michael Cimino at 77, we're reminded that after he directed "The Deer Hunter," as quick as he became a huge success, he was almost forgotten. That was thanks to "Heave's Gate."  Cimino directed it after he wrote the story he based on The Johnson County War...

Of all the card games ever played in Wyoming, and there have been many, the stakes were never higher than a legendary poker game at a Douglas saloon in 1906. George Pike came to Wyoming in the late 1880s after following a cattle drive north from Texas...

The Johnson County War is one of the most infamous feuds in American history. Sadly, the legendary Wyoming Range War may have never happened if not for a woman called "Cattle Kate." Over a century later, her story remains one of the most tragic tales in Wyoming history...