Name: Casper Mountain

 

County: Natrona

 

Authority Name: Casper Mountain (Wyo.)

 

GNIS Entry

 

Longitude:  1105646W

Latitude: 443758N

 

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Elevation: 8218/2505

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Summit

 

Origin of Name:

In central Wyoming extending north and south for a distance of 35 miles. In the Oregon Trail days, known as the Black Hills. In 1865, when the name of the Platte Bridge military station was changed to Fort Caspar, the name of this range of mountains was changed by the soldiers stationed here, as was Dry Creek, to Caspar Mountains and to Caspar Creek. When the town of Casper was established in 1888 by the land department of the Chicago and Northwestern railroad company the town was spelled Casper, an “e” in the last syllable, instead of an “a”. There are numerous beautiful parks and valleys in the Casper mountains, among them being Bates Hole which is a prosperous farming community. 

Source: WPA

 

Other Names: Casper Range, Casper Mountains

 

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1:24000 Quadrangle: Casper

 

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