Natrona County, Wyoming (WY), United States, North America
Latitude
42°49'N
Longitude
106°19'W
Casper
, city (1990 pop. 46,742), Natrona co., E central
Wyo., on the North Platte R., 150 mi/241 km
NW of Cheyenne, at N end of Laramie Mts.; 42°49'N 106°19'W.
Elev. 5,123 ft/1,561 m. It is the 2d-largest
city in Wyo. and is a rail, distributing, processing, and trade center
in a farming, ranching, and mineral-rich area. An oil boom town since
the 1st well was tapped in 1890, it has many oil-affiliated
industries. Open-pit uranium mining nearby; also gas and coal
production. The city has wool and livestock markets, meat-packing
plants, and a growing tourist industry. Mfg. (soft drinks; canvas
tents; log homes; countertops; printing and publishing; intravenous
medications; insulated glass; concrete pipes; ready-mix concrete;
sandpaper; fabricated structural steel; steel pipe; metal buildings;
pipe valves; vehicle springs; gates; mining equipment; oil field units
and skids; fiberglass tanks; woodworking devices; rubber prods.; fire
trucks; temperature controls; trophies; aerosol defense prods.). At
this fording place on the Oregon Trail, the Mormons in 1847 established
a ferry, which was in the 1850s superseded by Platte Bridge. The city
was founded (1888) with the coming of the RR and expanded with the
discovery of oil at Salt Creek, followed by the Teapot Dome and Big
Muddy finds. In 1948 wells in the Lost Soldier field of Sweetwater co.
brought another boom. Casper has Casper Col. (2-year) and Wyo. Univ. at
Casper. Nearby at Mills, to W, are the Central Wyoming Fairgrounds; the
restored Old Fort Caspar Mus. (a clerk's error accounts for the later
spelling of the name); and Casper Mt.
(c.8,000 ft/2,438 m high). Tourist attractions
in the surrounding area include Hell's Half Acre, a spectacular eroded
area; Independence Rock; and a petrified forest. Oregon Trail
Veterans' Cemetery to NE of town; Natrona County International Airport
to NW; Edness Kimball Wilkins State Park to E; Hogadon Ski Area to S.
Inc. 1889.
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Natrona co., E central
Wyo., on the North Platte R., 150 mi/241 km
NW of Cheyenne, at N end of Laramie Mts.; 42°49'N 106°19'W.
Elev. 5,123 ft/1,561 m. It is the 2d-largest
city in Wyo. and is a rail, distributing, processing, and trade center
in a farming, ranching, and mineral-rich area. An oil boom town since
the 1st well was tapped in 1890, it has many oil-affiliated
industries. Open-pit uranium mining nearby; also gas and coal
production. The city has wool and livestock markets, meat-packing
plants, and a growing tourist industry. Mfg. (soft drinks; canvas
tents; log homes; countertops; printing and publishing; intravenous
medications; insulated glass; concrete pipes; ready-mix concrete;
sandpaper; fabricated structural steel; steel pipe; metal buildings;
pipe valves; vehicle springs; gates; mining equipment; oil field units
and skids; fiberglass tanks; woodworking devices; rubber prods.; fire
trucks; temperature controls; trophies; aerosol defense prods.). At
this fording place on the Oregon Trail, the Mormons in 1847 established
a ferry, which was in the 1850s superseded by Platte Bridge. The city
was founded (1888) with the coming of the RR and expanded with the
discovery of oil at Salt Creek, followed by the Teapot Dome and Big
Muddy finds. In 1948 wells in the Lost Soldier field of Sweetwater co.
brought another boom. Casper has Casper Col. (2-year) and Wyo. Univ. at
Casper. Nearby at Mills, to W, are the Central Wyoming Fairgrounds; the
restored Old Fort Caspar Mus. (a clerk's error accounts for the later
spelling of the name); and Casper Mt.
(c.8,000 ft/2,438 m high). Tourist attractions
in the surrounding area include Hell's Half Acre, a spectacular eroded
area; Independence Rock; and a petrified forest. Oregon Trail
Veterans' Cemetery to NE of town; Natrona County International Airport
to NW; Edness Kimball Wilkins State Park to E; Hogadon Ski Area to S.
Inc. 1889.
