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

If land could tell stories, the Cain Ranch tales would never end. The spread on Campbell County’s Bitter Creek began as a part of an open-range cattle empire in 1879, grazed for 40 years by a … more

J.F. “Fred” Davis didn’t plan on homesteading in Campbell County when he first made the difficult 10-day trip to Wyoming in a Model-T Ford and trailer in 1916 or 1917. The former U.S. … 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

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

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

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

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

Never has Campbell County changed more — including energy booms — than it did 95 years ago when the Homestead Act of 1916 doubled the size of its wild land up for grabs.People from across … more