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Fort Caspar was partially reconstructed in 1936 using sketches made by Lieutenant Collins in 1863. The fort itself underwent a lot of changes during its occupation, and the current recreation reflects the post in 1863-1865. The City of Casper now operates a museum at the site, which features reconstructed log buildings, including a wooden ...
Bear River State Park: Uinta: 324 131: 1991: Within the city limits of Evanston: Boysen State Park: Fremont: 35,952 14,549: 1956: Surrounds the Boysen Reservoir Buffalo Bill State Park: Park: 11,276 4,563: 1957: Surrounds the Buffalo Bill Reservoir Curt Gowdy State Park: Laramie: 3,395 1,374: 1971: Recreation on and around three reservoirs ...
Bear River State Park; Mount Moran; Boysen State Park; Hot Springs State Park; Glendo State Park; Laramie Peak; Heart Lake (Wyoming) Sinks Canyon State Park; Buffalo Bill State Park; Curt Gowdy State Park; Gannett Peak; Edness K. Wilkins State Park; Wyoming Hereford Ranch Reservoir Number 1; Wyoming Hereford Ranch Reservoir Number 2; Packer ...
Casper was established east of the former site of Fort Caspar, in an area that attracted European settlers during the mid-19th century mass migration of land seekers along the Oregon, California, and Mormon trails, [8] where several nearby ferries offered passage across the North Platte River in the early 1840s.
The list of National Historic Landmarks in Wyoming contains the landmarks designated by the U.S. Federal Government located in the U.S. state of Wyoming. There are 28 National Historic Landmarks (NHLs) in Wyoming. The first designated were two on December 19, 1960; the latest was on December 11, 2023.
The route left the Oregon Trail at Red Buttes, near Fort Caspar in central Wyoming, and headed in a northwestern direction. The trail crossed Badwater Creek near present-day Lysite, Wyoming, and followed Bridger Creek into the Bridger Mountains located just to the west of the southern end of the Bighorn Mountains.
Wyoming Highway 258 (WYO 258) is a 10.58-mile-long (17.03 km) state highway in Wyoming, known as Wyoming Boulevard and acts as a two-lane bypass around the western, southern, and eastern sides of the City of Casper.
Edness K. Wilkins State Park is a public recreation area on the North Platte River located six miles (9.7 km) east of the city of Casper in Natrona County, Wyoming. [4] The state park occupies the site of a former rock quarry that was purchased by the state in 1981 for $380,000. It was named after area resident Edness Kimball Wilkins (1896-1980 ...