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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SWA_wyomings-oil-gas-historical_Casper-WY.html
Native Americans were the first to use Wyoming's oil and later show early explorers where to find it. Sticky black liquids bubbling in natural seeps were used for liniments and paints. In 1832, Captain Bonneville found the "great tar spring' below…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SW8_cable-tool-drilling-rig-historical_Casper-WY.html
Drilling rigs of this type were used from about 1878 into the 1950's. With the drilling of deeper wells, starting in the 1920's, cable-tool drilling was gradually replaced by more modern rotary-drilling methods. This replica was built using plans …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QCN_casper-the-oil-capital-of-the-rockies_Casper-WY.html
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Shaped by History
Salt Creek oil brought prosperity to Casper, in addition to people and industry. Despite the closure of Casper refineries as well as reduced output of Salt Creek oil in recent years, oil history and wealth ca…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QBO_battle-of-red-buttes_Casper-WY.html
Commemorating
Battle of Red Buttes
which occurred across
North Platte River
July 26, 1865
Erected by
Headquarters 2d, Corps Area
United States Army
which reenacted the battle at
Governor's Island N.Y.
June 21, and 22, 1930
H…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QBL_the-oregon-trail_Casper-WY.html
Oregon Trail approximately four miles north, on bend of North Platte visible to the north. Robert Stuart in 1812 erected the first white man's cabin in Wyoming.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QBK_emigrant-gap-historical-site_Casper-WY.html
Many emigrant pioneers passed through this gap, or opening, in Emigrant Ridge between the 1840's and the 1880's as they traveled the Oregon-Mormon Trail by oxen-drawn wagons, on horseback, or on foot. The trail generally followed the North Platte …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QAP_queen-city-of-the-west_Casper-WY.html
Bessemer (1888-1892) was one of many small towns that grew quickly in late nineteenth century Wyoming. Early explorers and traders had discovered crude oil seeping to the surface of the ground in this area. One nearby oil spring drew the attention…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QAK_reluctant-farewells_Casper-WY.html
In this location wagons, carts, livestock, and emigrants forded the North Platte River during organized migrations through the Rocky Mountain West. Congressional prodding to occupy the Oregon Territory in the early 1840s, and the lure of fertile, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QAJ_science-visits-the-west_Casper-WY.html
Field exploration by scientists in the late 1800s illuminated the American West. One of the most charismatic of these men was Dr. Ferdinand Vandiveer Hayden. Born in 1828 in Massachusetts and trained as a physician, Dr. Hayden first journeyed to t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QAF_ranching-takes-its-place_Casper-WY.html
Permanent settlers began claiming this region by the late 1870s, at the end of the Plains Indian wars. The nearby Goose Egg Ranch dates to 1877 when the Searight Brothers Cattle Company trailed more than 20,000 head of cattle into Wyoming Territor…