Wikipedia’s definition of a Range War: A range war is a type of usually violent conflict, most commonly in the 19th and early 20th centuries in the American West. The subject of these conflicts was control of "open range", or range land freely used for cattle grazing, which gave the conflict its name. Typically they were disputes over water rights or grazing rights and cattle ownership. Range Wars may still exist today, but not necessarily with violent conflict. Today the conflict is between Cattle Ranchers and outdoor recreation.