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EDUCATORS’ PERSPECTIVE Over the coming days, more than 400 men from as far away as Sheridan joined the siege. The Johnson County Range War would not be decided in Buffalo, but at TA Ranch headquarters on the banks of Crazy Woman Creek. Brian Grinder is a professor at Eastern Washington University and a member of Financial History’s editorial board. Dr. Dan Cooper is the president of Active Learning Technologies. Notes 1. Wyoming attorney Willis Van Devanter wrote to Senator Francis Warren shortly after the siege at the TA Ranch ended, “There is no question but that the expedition was either poorly managed or committed many grievous errors; none, however, so grievous as the error of going at all.” 2. The term “regulators” was applied to forces in the American West engaged in vigilante activities. 3. Nick Ray died at about 9:00 in the morning. His body burned in the fire. 4. Range War chronicler John W. Davis notes that, “Champion was later referred to as ‘King of the Rustlers’ by big cattlemen, but this nickname was an outrageous lie, a convenient slogan without support. There is no record in Johnson County of any charges having been pressed against Nate Champion. Most significantly, Willis Van Devanter, the chief attorney and ally of the big cattlemen in Wyoming, made an important admission regarding Champion. In June 1892, when Van Devanter would have given almost anything to prove that Nate Champion was a prolific cattle thief, he had to admit to Senator Joseph M. Carey that ‘there is absolutely no proof of any kind against him [Champion],—not even that he stole a calf.’” 5. The TA was owned by Cheyenne physician and WSGA member Dr. William Harris. Sources Davis, John W. Wyoming Range War: The Infamous Invasion of Johnson County. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press. 2010. Gould, Lewis L. “Willis van Devanter and the Johnson County War.” Montana: The Magazine of Western History 17, 18–27. 1967. O’Neal, Bill. The Johnson County War. Fort Worth, TX: Eakin Press. 2004. Smith, Helena H. The War on Powder River. New York: McGraw-Hill. 1966. Wister, Owen. Owen Wister Out West: His Journals and Letters. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 1958. ___. The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains. New York: The Macmillan Company. 1902. THE JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL BOND & SHARE SOCIETY SCRIPOPHILY ENCOURAGING COLLECTING SINCE 1978 No.112 - APRIL 2020 Franky Reports from Sweden – page 5 ➠ COX’S CORNER ➠ AGM SCHEDULED ➠ WEBSITE UPDATE Worldwide Auctions – page 26 IBSS Breakfast – page 4 Rare Stock at National Show – page 2 The Story of Those Fabulous Standard Oil Certificates – page 20 Looking for Locks – page 10 Audacious Fraud Hits Norfolk and Western Railway Stock – page 15 Philately Scripophily – page 8 INTERNATIONAL BOND & SHARE SOCIETY PUTTING FINANCIAL HISTORY IN YOUR HANDS Join the International Bond & Share Society, supporting collectors of vintage bonds and shares from all countries for over forty years. For $32, £20 or €25 annually, receive: ◆ Three issues a year of our full color 52 page journal Scripophily with news, in-depth articles, auction reports and more ◆ Membership Directory listing dealers, auction houses and fellow collectors ◆ Members-only part of the Society website, scripophily.org ◆ Members’ Newsletters with up-to-date information and event schedule For further information contact Robin Majlak Membership Secretary 824 Harbor Road Southport, CT 06890 membership@scripophily.org Or visit our website www.scripophily.org Philip Atkinson Secretary 167 Barnett Wood Lane, Ashtead, Surrey KT21 2LP, UK secretary@scripophily.org www.MoAF.org | Summer 2020 | FINANCIAL HISTORY 9