Ninety-five years ago, Jacob Gilbertz was lured to Campbell County by the offer of free land. The then 20-year-old had been working as a farmer on his Uncle Nick’s land in Nez Perce, Idaho, had … more

More than a century before Campbell County became the leading oil producer in a state that ranked seventh last year in production, it had actual oil prospectors. From 1872 through 1920, anyone over … more

The landscape of the Lasting Legacy Park might look slightly different once a new Pioneer Manor nursing home is built there. One possibility being considered by Campbell County Memorial Hospital … more

There is no understanding the tragedy that occurred at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn., where a gunman shot his mother four times before going to the school and gunning down 26 victims … more

Between the Pumpkin Buttes and the oil fields of Midwest, the drive from Gillette to Casper gets surprisingly breathtaking. The hills double up and, cresting a rise, a driver can see ostensibly to … more

One of Campbell County’s last remaining sheep ranches is still in the family 94 years after it was founded by Swedish immigrants. The Ohman family also played a leadership role in Gillette’s … more

Struggling to pull heavy loads across Campbell County a century ago, horses must have loathed the sight of Smelser Hill. Rising steeply for a full half-mile, the ridge sits defiantly under … more

If the famed King Ranch in Texas is the birthplace of American ranching, then the 126-year-old Norfolk Ranch on Horse Creek is the King Ranch of Campbell County. From 1886 through 1930, head … more

Exactly 100 years ago, a Danish teenager and a middle-aged Scottish bachelor didn’t realize they would eventually merge into one family and amass four sprawling ranches – or become … more

When Vivian Moser Watson looks out her expansive east window, it’s always to gaze at the knoll where her grandparents laughed and cried; where they tended babies and then grandbabies on the … more