A fabulous, ancient rock house on a creek bank about 23 miles southwest of Gillette is owned today by the family of Art Nisselius, who combined two newspapers in 1925 to form the News Record. But … more

Campbell County’s pioneers did whatever it took to make it, but none was more versatile than John “Dutch” Henry Thar, whose family today packs the same work ethic and entrepreneurial … more

Edward Ekdahl Burr came to Wyoming in 1917, like many of those who had fled from Nebraska, to find a better way of life.“He told me he wasn’t going to stay in that Nebraska starving to … more

“Do you know why they’re called the “Pumpkin Buttes?’” asks Bob Christensen as he rumbles up the side of a ridge near one of Campbell County’s famous flat-topped buttes in his 1980 Dodge … 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

Toughness may have coursed through the veins of all of the families who settled Campbell County, but it appears surprisingly undiluted in 24-year-old Toni Swartz. As the fifth generation now … more

A group of German brothers, armed with their daddy’s money and loads of true grit, braved Indian territory just after Custer was slaughtered to build one of the biggest cattle companies in Wyoming … more

Like his father before him, Joe Slattery kept records — detailed records of every receipt and expenditure of any importance. Every dollar made. Every dollar spent over a lifetime on the family … more

In 1889, about the time the Burlington & Missouri Railroad decided to build a line through northeast Wyoming, the horse and mule market tanked. That’s when 28-year-old Missouri mule trader William … more

The people who populated Campbell County a century ago were more than just adventurous souls who worked their fingers to the bone. A small bunch of families from Missouri became the best kind of … more