A building on the Daly Ranch reflects not only the foundation of the Twenty Mile Land Co. and its 117-year history, but also its future in Campbell County. With the country still in the midst of … more

Life on the Mooney Ranch is inexorably linked to the railroad. For 100 years, the Burlington tracks have bordered a portion of the family’s property north of Gillette. The steam engines of long … more

At a time when many men would be looking toward their final years, Frank Scott embarked on a new life. At age 52, the Missouri coal miner brought his wife, Mollie, and youngest son, Harold, 9, to … more

It’s been almost 30 years since the late John Collins won $50 from a handful of Gillette Realtors. They were looking for the Campbell County resident who had lived in one home the longest. … more

It wasn’t uncommon for Campbell County’s pioneer neighbors to offer a hand to each other as they struggled to live off the land. But rarely were two families as close as the Boller and … more

Annie Proulx, the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer who used a Campbell County ghost town named Lightning Flats in her short story, “Brokeback Mountain,” would have had a ball with … more

The Kuhbachers have always looked ahead. Since Julius Kuhbacher heeded a letter inviting him to join Nebraska friends homesteading near Rocky Point, generations of Kuhbachers have toiled to … more

No ranch in Wyoming is arguably as famous as the 130-year old TA Ranch south of Buffalo. It was the site in 1892 of a fiery three-day shootout between a group of besieged Wyoming cattle barons, their … more

While images of Campbell County’s settlers usually bring to mind rough-edged cowboys, the first people to begin ranching in northeastern Wyoming were actually wealthy and aristocratic.In 1884, … more

The spunk and fortitude of Irish soldiers and sailors has helped six generations hold onto the 100-year-old McCreery ranch south of Gillette.Not only has the ranch survived for a century on just … more