What Caused Casper’s First Oil Boom?
Did you know that the first oil boom in Casper was brought about by the railroad?
After all, what good is it to have oil if you can ship it out to market? Before the railroad, oil was hauled in wagons pulled by mules.
Casper’s close proximity to the Salt Creek fields, combined with the coming of the Chicago and Northwestern Train in the early 1900’s, set off the first boom
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