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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SXV_gushers-historical_Edgerton-WY.html
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Some Salt Creek oil wells in the 1910s-20s were uncontrollable gushers. Before pipelines, storage tanks, and advanced equipment, much oil soaked into the ground, ran into streams, and was burned to reduce runoff. A few early Sa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SXU_geology-historical_Edgerton-WY.html
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Anticline & Domes
Salt Creek Oilfield is a classic "anticline." Being oval in shape, this type of anticline is also called a "dome." Soft, porous stone that originally capped t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SXT_salt-creek-oil-field-historical_Midwest-WY.html
Stockmen were aware of pools of oil in the creek bottoms during cattle trailing days. These oil seeps led to the discovery of Salt Creek, one of Wyoming's largest oil fields, nine miles long by five miles wide. In 1883, the first claims were filed…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SXS_oil-boom-towns-historical_Midwest-WY.html
"Get out and don't come back!" was the message John Hunton and his oil prospecting party received in 1873 from a mounted band of Arapahoe Indians while filling glass jars with pure crude oil seeping from the sandy ground. This is the fir…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SXR_midwest-veterans-memorial-a-war-memorial_Midwest-WY.html
Two memorial plaques are located on the base of the American Legion flagpole.
In Memorium
1918
Orin Snyder · Wm. McClaffin · John M. Speckbacher
Who Died for Democracy
In Memory of those who paid the supreme sac…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SXQ_salt-creek-oil-field-historical_Casper-WY.html
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Development of the Salt Creek Oilfield accompanied the nation's evolving interest in the West from a romantic wilderness to a resource of mineral wealth. Placer oil claims were filed in the Salt Creek area beginning in 1883, five…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SWN_lure-of-the-west-historical_Alcova-WY.html
The eighteenth century brought competition among Spain, France, England and the fledgling Unites States for control of North America. Domain over the continent's rivers, seaports, forests, rich soils, and wildlife resources was key to the growth o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SWM_and-on-the-horizon-historical_Alcova-WY.html
"Sunday Jun 15. Traveled 25 miles, about one mile from the springs is Prospect Hill. It is a delightful view, and here you can see the range of Sweet water mountains..." Excerpt from the 1851 journal of Amelia Hadley in Covered Wagon Women Volume…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SWL_a-look-back-historical_Alcova-WY.html
Daunting to some, invigorating to others, the view from here gave emigrants a sense of the dramatic beauty and grand scale of the West. Many pioneers, tired after having climbed four hundred feet above Willow Springs, were humbled by this panorama…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SWK_marking-their-progress-historical_Alcova-WY.html
Many travelers along the Oregon, California, and Mormon Pioneer trail relied on maps and reports made by explorers or guides who knew the way. William Clayton provided early emigrants with a detailed written record of his travels. As a member of B…