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[[Image:Wpdms powder river country.jpg|thumbnail|right|300px|The Powder River Country is depicted in red on a map of the western United States]]
{{short description|Region of the U.S. state of Wyoming}}
[[File:The Powder River in Johnson County, Wyoming.jpg|thumb|right|300px|A view of the Powder River in northern Wyoming]]
The '''Powder River Country''' refersis tothe an[[Powder River Basin]] area of the [[Great Plains]] in northeastern [[Wyoming]] in the, [[United States]]. The area is loosely defined as that between the [[Bighorn Mountains]] and the [[Black Hills]], in the upper drainage areas of the [[Powder River (Montana)|Powder]], [[Tongue River (Montana)|Tongue]], and [[Little Bighorn River|Little Bighorn]] rivers.▼
 
During the late 1860s, the area was the scene of [[Red Cloud's War]], fought between the [[Lakota people]]s and the United States. The Lakota victory in the war resulted in the continuation of their control of the area for the next decade.
▲The '''Powder River Country''' refers to an area of the [[Great Plains]] in northeastern [[Wyoming]] in the [[United States]]. The area is loosely defined between the [[Bighorn Mountains]] and the [[Black Hills]], in the upper drainage areas of the [[Powder River (Montana)|Powder]], [[Tongue River (Montana)|Tongue]], and [[Little Bighorn River|Little Bighorn]] rivers.
 
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In the early 20th century, the discovery of [[petroleum|oil]] in the area led to the development of the area's oil fields. [[Coal]] is also mined.▼
After control fell to the U.S. government in 1870s following the end of the [[Great Sioux War of 1876-77]], the area was opened to white settlement, one of the last such areas opened for [[homesteading]] in the continental United States. In 1892, the area was the scene of the [[Johnson County War]] between land barons and [[Europe]]an immigrants. The conflict was depicted in the 1981 movie ''[[Heaven's Gate (movie)|Heaven's Gate]]''.
 
▲In the early 20th century, the discovery of [[petroleum]] in the area led to the development of the area's oil fields.
 
==See also==
* [[Powder River Basin]]
 
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