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

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

The rhythmic rattle of rail cars as they pass by the Hines Ranch eight miles west of Gillette has intricately woven the lives of three generations of ranchers. Their place, near the Burlington … 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

Elias Whitcomb bought three ranches on the Belle Fourche River for his three daughters. One was the OR Ranch, now owned by the Jessens. The Bar FS Ranch is now owned by the Bishops (see story on … 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

William M. Oliver was passionate about his ranch. That’s evident from the work he put in from the day he moved onto his 160-acre plot near Horse Creek, north of Gillette in 1900, until the day … more

Brothers Larry and David Shippy of Gillette have spent 35 years picking up the pieces as century-old family ranches splinter and shrink around them. They’ve amassed an old-school cattle ranch … more

Of the thousands of homesteaders who tried to settle rural Campbell County almost a century ago, fewer than half stuck around. One who did was Virgil Rassbach — and if anyone should have pulled … more