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ID: 2122846
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/2122846
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Casper (inhabited place)  Casper (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 42 52 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 42.8667  decimal degrees
Long: 106 18 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -106.3000  decimal degrees

Note: Located on N Platte river; named for soldier who was killed defending a wagon train; boomed when oil was discovered; site of Teapot Dome oil field which was secretly leased by President WG Harding's secretary of interior, causing political scandal 1922.

Names:
Casper (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of North and Central America (continent)  ....  North and Central America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of United States (nation)  ........  United States (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Wyoming (state)  ............  Wyoming (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Natrona (county)  ................  Natrona (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Casper (inhabited place)  ....................  Casper (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  was a river crossing site for pioneers, for a Mormon ferry (established 1847) & for a Pony Express Route, Fort Caspar nearby
city (C)  ............  incorporated as city in 1917
county seat (C)  ............  from 1890
oil field site (C)  ............  including nearby Salt Creek Oil Field
industrial center (C)  ............  for oil field equipment, oil refining & bottling
mining center (C)  ............  for coal, uranium & bentonite
agricultural center (C)  ............  for raising cattle & sheep
trade center (C)
educational center (C)  ............  including Casper College
tourist center (C)  ............  for museum, fair & rodeo
town (H)  ............  founded as tent town in 1888 & preceded arrival of Chicago & North Western Railway; incorporated in 1889

Sources and Contributors:
Casper..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 160
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) II, 923
.................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS56003123
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 226
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 160
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) II, 923
..................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS56003123
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 226
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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