Hufsmith in the wyoming lynching of cattle kate 1889. Ellen watson dubbed by local newspapers in the late 1880s as cattle kate has long been thought of as an outlaw.
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The smithsonian article about cattle kate offers an example of the history of lynching in wyoming which hicks comments brought up.
Cattle kate wyoming. The cattle kate facebook page is a great place to see our retail store in action and share the fun with your friends. Watson along with james averell was hanged by vigilantes near the sweetwater river in wyoming on july 20 1889 for the accused crime of cattle rustling. However there is a mystery surrounding the hangings and it appears that their deaths were unjustified perpetrated by powerful land and cattle owners.
She was ultimately lynched by agents of powerful cattle ranchers whose interests. A rider galloped toward the town of rawlins with the news. Ellen liddy watson july 2 1860 july 20 1889 was a pioneer of wyoming who became known as cattle kate an outlaw of the old west although the characterization is a dubious one as subsequent research has tended to see her as a much maligned victim of a self styled land baron.
An exclusive newsletter about our western clothing and accessories with new sale item updates coupons and new product updates. On july 20 1889 in a gulch by the wyoming s sweetwater river six cattlemen lynched a man and a woman accused of cattle rustling eliza mcgraw writes in the smithsonian article. Head over to our facebook page for exclusive deals and promotions only available to our fans.
They called her killing justified when six prominent cattlemen strung her up with her secret husband on a hot july saturday in 1889 in wyoming territory. Emails are kept only for the cattle kate newsletter and are not shared or sold with any other party. Cattlemen had exacted revenge on two ruthless.
Join the cattle kate conversation. In one scene maureen o hara s character is told it won t be long before they re calling you cattle kate in the 1968 novel true grit by charles portis the main character rooster cogburn was involved in the johnson county war. They cried out rangeland justice when she became the only woman ever lynched in the nation as a cattle rustler.
As the purported bodies twisted from the same tree limb. The wyoming lynching of cattle kate 1889 the lynching of ellen watson and jim averell by six prominent and politically powerful wyoming cattlemen rocked the nation in july 1889. They said cattle kate was a dirty rustler and a filthy whore.
The johnson county war began when a small group of ranchers in johnson county formed the upstart northern wyoming farmers and stock growers association in direct opposition to the powerful wyoming stock growers association. Ellen watson aka cattle kate the pair s death was just one of the many events which effectively started the infamous johnson county war in wyoming in 1892. The 1953 film the redhead from wyoming starring maureen o hara dealt with similar themes.
July 2 1861 july 20 1889 ellen liddy watson was a female pioneer of wyoming who became better known as cattle kate an outlaw of the old west although she wasn t violent and was never charged with any crime. Receive the cattle kate newsletter.
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