Porum Range War

Porum County War
Part of the Range Wars
Date1906 - 1916
Location
Porum, Oklahoma
Caused byStock and grazing dispute
Resulted inInconclusive
Parties
TLH Connected Brand
Anti-Horse Thief Association
Davis Clan
Starr Clan
Lead figures

Judge Thomas Luther Hester

Jack Davis
Joe Davis
Samuel “Pony” Starr

Number
Unknown
Unknown
Casualties and losses
30 killed

The Porum Range War was a range war that happened in the town of Porum in Muskogee County, Oklahoma between large ranch owner Judge Thomas Luther Hester and the Davis and Starr families.[1][2] The feud began due to alleged rustling activities committed by the latter on Hester's TLH Connected Brand, which led to ambushes, gunfights, and the burning of property, leaving 30 people dead.[2] The range war has since been a largely forgotten, but infamous event in Oklahoma, said to rival even the more iconic Lincoln County War.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Coffeyville Dailly Journal". Newspaper.com. May 15, 1912
  2. ^ a b Thompson, Jerry (9 October 2020). "WRECKED LIVES AND LOST SOULS". HistoryNet. October 9, 2020
  3. ^ Porum Range War
  4. ^ Conley, Robert J. (2007). A Cherokee Encyclopedia. University of New Mexico Press. pp. 225. ISBN 978-0826339515