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Casper, Wyoming. / 42.85000°N 106.32500°W / 42.85000; -106.32500. Casper is a city in and the county seat of Natrona County, Wyoming, United States. [7] Casper is the second-most populous city in the state after Cheyenne, with the population at 59,038 as of the 2020 census. [4] Casper is nicknamed "The Oil City" and has a long history ...
August 12, 1971; July 19, 1976. Fort Caspar was a military post of the United States Army in present-day Wyoming, named after 2nd Lieutenant Caspar Collins, a U.S. Army officer who was killed in the 1865 Battle of the Platte Bridge Station against the Lakota and Cheyenne. Founded in 1859 along the banks of the North Platte River as a trading ...
Natrona County, Wyoming. / 42.97°N 106.8°W / 42.97; -106.8. Natrona County is a county in the U.S. state of Wyoming. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 79,955, [1] making it the second-most populous county in Wyoming. Its county seat is Casper. [2]
Martin's Cove is a historic site in Wyoming. The 933 acre (3.8 km 2) cove is located 55 miles (89 km) southwest of Casper, Wyoming, in Natrona County. It is located on the Mormon Trail and is also part of the North Platte - Sweetwater segment of the Oregon Trail. The Cove was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on March 8, 1977.
History. Casper had airline flights in the 1930s at Wardwell Field, north of town at 42°54′47″N106°21′00″W42.913°N 106.35°W. The airport started as the Casper Army Airfield in September 1942, [6] consisting of four asphalt hard surfaced runways – N/S, NE/SW, E/W, NW/SE – varying in length between 8,900 feet (2,700 m) and 8,600 ...
Gillette ( / dʒɪˈlɛt /, jih-LET) is a city in and the county seat of Campbell County, Wyoming, United States. [7] The town was founded in 1891 as a major railway town on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad . The population was estimated at 33,496 as of July 1, 2023, making it the 3rd most populous city in Wyoming after Cheyenne and ...
The Casper Downtown Historic District in Casper, Wyoming, US is a historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016. The district is generally bounded by David St., East B C St., Beech St., and Midwest Ave. [2] It includes the Turner-Cottman Building at 124 West Second Street. [3]
Casper Mountain, Wyoming. / 42.74417°N 106.32306°W / 42.74417; -106.32306. Casper Mountain is a census-designated place (CDP) on Casper Mountain in Natrona County, Wyoming, United States. It is part of the Casper, Wyoming Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 401 at the 2010 census .