In the front cover of a tattered blue book detailing the Prussian ancestors of one of Campbell County’s first residents is a handwritten inscription. It was penned by the man’s … more

In 1881, when Thomas Matthews rode into the Thunder Basin behind 1,500 longhorns carrying the T7 brand, a man called Bunk Haynes rode with him. “There are three things you must be to work at the … more

Movie stars and longhorn cattle; colorful bachelors and hard-riding bronc tamers – there’s always been something glamorous about Campbell County’s 110-year-old 60 Bar Ranch.Most … 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

Instead of just oil field roads and power lines, drivers on Highway 59 five miles north of Wright are often treated to something few Americans ever get to see — a place where the buffalo … more

Twenty-two years ago, a coal miner and a saddle maker decided to move 22 miles north of Gillette to take over the 109-year-old family ranch — all because of one of Gillette’s most remarkable … more

When Frank Force stepped onto the train leaving Gillette, headed to fight in the Great War in July 1918, his worries weren’t with what lay ahead of him. He worried how his wife of one year, … more

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

Seven generations of Fitches have strengthened the place they call home, the Fitch Ranch. 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