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Old Red Barn CY Ranch Dec. 1954

Old Hearse

Photograph of an old freight wagon at Fort Caspar. The collection this photograph is a part of consists of 18 photographic prints taken by E.R. Schuler for the Works Progress Administration in 1937. The photographs are of the buildings and grounds at…

Photograph of the old Fort Casper site. The collection this photograph is a part of consists of 18 photographic prints taken by E.R. Schuler for the Works Progress Administration in 1937. The photographs are of the buildings and grounds at Fort…

Old CY Ranch house built of logs from Ft. Casper in the 1860s. Picture Dec. 1954

Old Cy Ranch- An early day picture of the ranch, now the site of many Casper homes. The Town of Casper was platted in the CY Holdings, and the ranch owners, Carey Brothers of Cheyenne, gave the railroad right-of-way, and half of the town lots in the…

Old Cy Bunk House, Handwritten description about the photo explaining CY Bunk House Built from FT. Casper from Logs, which were Ft. Fetterman logs, the bunk house was bought by Dick Sebald-1956. Gave Old Ft. Fetteman Logs to Casper Jaycees. Dec.…

Black and white photograph of an oil well near Bessemer, Wyoming. Walter A. "Doc" Blackmore is the man driving the team in the image. A description of the oil well is included. Walter A. Blackmore (1863-1923) had come to Bessemer, Wyoming from Flint,…

Photograph of a horse-drawn freight train hauling an oil tank in Casper, Wyoming, around 1910. The Frances Seely Webb Collection contains over 1,400 photographs, correspondence, handwritten research notes, the proof copy of Webb's book, Casper's…

Postcard to a friend mailed in June of 1921 describing the working conditions in and around the city of Casper with its 2 oil refineries and men both working and looking for work. The sender also describes how long it took to reach Casper from what…