Gray County War

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Gray County War
Wichita Daily Eagle Headline Gray County War Kansas 1887.jpg
The headline of a Wichita Daily Eagle article warning of violence in Gray County following the county seat election in 1887.
Date1887–1893
LocationGray County, Kansas, USA
Also known asGray County Seat War
ParticipantsBat Masterson, Jim Masterson, Bill Tilghman, Ben Daniels
OutcomeCimarron becomes the permanent county seat.
Deaths~1

The Gray County War was a county seat war in Gray County, Kansas, between 1887 and 1893.[1][2][3][4]

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  1. ^ "Feudin' and Fightin' Friday: County Seat Wars - Diggin' History". Archived from the original on April 7, 2014. Retrieved April 6, 2014.
  2. ^ DeArment, Robert K. (2006). Ballots and Bullets: The Bloody County Seat Wars of Kansas. University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 0806137843.
  3. ^ "National and State Registers of Historic Places - Kansas Historical Society". Archived from the original on April 8, 2014. Retrieved April 6, 2014.
  4. ^ "Gray County KS". Archived from the original on October 23, 2013. Retrieved April 6, 2014.
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