what did the Johnson war show

• conflict over resources - big ranchers, small rancher, homesteader and IP all wanted the same, scarce resources - cattle
• fear and intimidation - people were afraid of big businessmen and criminal gangs - Ella Watson and Jim Averill were murdered, the WSGA hired 22 hitmen
• Independent attitudes - sort your own problems out - the WSGA actions
• weak justice system - governors and law officers were often paid by gangs, juries were influenced - WSGA got away with the murders