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

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

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

If the famed King Ranch in Texas is the birthplace of American ranching, then the 126-year-old Norfolk Ranch on Horse Creek is the King Ranch of Campbell County. From 1886 through 1930, head … more

Exactly 100 years ago, a Danish teenager and a middle-aged Scottish bachelor didn’t realize they would eventually merge into one family and amass four sprawling ranches – or become … more

When Vivian Moser Watson looks out her expansive east window, it’s always to gaze at the knoll where her grandparents laughed and cried; where they tended babies and then grandbabies on the … 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

It wasn’t uncommon for Campbell County’s pioneer neighbors to offer a hand to each other as they struggled to live off the land. But rarely were two families as close as the Boller and … 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

For 95 years, Bob Dillinger’s family has worked a small ranch southeast of Rozet — not because they could make a living there but because it’s the only way they want to live. Despite the … more