The Goose Egg Ranch House

NCA 01.v.2024.12_MyMomsCasper_48a.jpg

Item Metadata

Title

The Goose Egg Ranch House

Date Created

1883

Subject

The Goose Egg Ranch House

Description

The Goose Egg Ranch House
This post card was from an original painting by Dolph. The Stone Ranch house held much History for Casper.
The Searight Brothers built the house in 1883 and lived there until 1886. Then they sold the ranch to Wyo, future governor.
History tells of the Goose Egg Ranch including the Long Horn cattle, and
the Tale of How the Ranch received it's Name.
Cowboys discovered a nest of Canada Goose eggs. The men brought the eggs back to a camp to fry up for their breakfast. After breakfast a the cowboys decided they should call the land the Goose Egg Ranch .

Type

Image

Language

ENG

Is Part Of

Sheffner-McFadden Collection, NCA 01.v.2024.12 WyCaC US. Casper College Archives and Special Collections.

Identifier

NCA 01.v.2024.12_MyMomsCasper_48a

Format

JPG

Original Format

Photographic Image

Collection

Citation

“The Goose Egg Ranch House,” Goodstein Foundation Library Western History Center Digital Collections, accessed June 7, 2025, https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/items/show/6909.