| A Vast Amount of Trouble: A History of the Spring Creek Raid Revised Edition Contributor(s): Davis, John W. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0806136928 ISBN-13: 9780806136929 Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press OUR PRICE: $21.73 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2000 Annotation: In late March 1909, five sheepmen headed east from the town of Worland, in north-central Wyoming, driving five thousand sheep. A few days later the men and their sheep camped on the banks of Spring Creek, where they thought they had brought the herd to safe grazing. That evening, however, seven cowboys raided the camp and brutally murdered three of the sheepmen. In A Vast Amount of Trouble, John W. Davis recounts the events leading up to this crime, the gripping trial that followed, and the trials aftermath, which was no less than to bring an end to Wyomings violent range wars. |
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| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - West (ak, Ca, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, Wy) - History | United States - 20th Century - Law | Legal History |
| Dewey: 345.787 |
| Physical Information: 0.73" H x 6.56" W x 8.98" (1.00 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Geographic Orientation - Wyoming |
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| Publisher Description: In late March 1909, five sheepmen headed east from the town of Worland, in north-central Wyoming, driving five thousand sheep. A few days later the men and their sheep camped on the banks of Spring Creek, where they thought they had brought the herd to safe grazing. That evening, however, seven cowboys raided the camp and brutally murdered three of the sheepmen. In A Vast Amount of Trouble, John W. Davis recounts the events leading up to this crime, the gripping trial that followed, and the trial's aftermath, which was no less than to bring an end to Wyoming's violent range wars. |
Contributor Bio(s): Davis, John W.: - John W. Davis, who resides in Worland, Wyoming, has practiced law in the Big Horn Basin for more than forty years. He is the author of A Vast Amount of Trouble: A History of the Spring Creek Raid andGoodbye, Judge Lynch: The End of a Lawless Era in Wyoming's Big Horn Basin. |