Iowa's weirdest uprising: The great Cow War of 1931
Pitchfork-wielding farmers charging through tear gas to battle police — this wasn't a typical fall day in 1931 Cedar County, Iowa. It was the climax of the "Iowa Cow War," when 400 angry farmers armed with crude weapons faced off against 65 lawmen in a violent clash over the right to test cattle for tuberculosis.
The confrontat…
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