Oil field Grass Creek April, Wyoming, 1916 – Vintage Photo Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Library of Congress record: Oil field, Grass Creek, Wyo, April 9, 1916
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Oil field Grass Creek April, Wyoming, 1916
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Grass Creek, in Hot Springs County in north-central Wyoming, was an oil camp in April 1916, when the field was still new and the state's petroleum industry was growing fast. Wyoming had produced oil since the late 1800s, mostly from older fields such as Salt Creek near Casper, and in the years before the United States entered the First World War, demand for fuel and lubricants was rising across the country. Drilling crews, teamsters, and supply haulers made up much of the workforce on these remote sites, and most camps depended on wagon roads and the rail lines that served the broader region. Local residents in the surrounding ranching country would have known such fields as a sign that the economy was shifting from cattle and sheep toward mineral wealth.
| Created / published | 1916 |
|---|---|
| Creator | lucier, a. g. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Wyoming |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 868 px · prints to 18 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Oil field, Grass Creek, Wyo, April 9, 1916 |
| Reference | WY Oil field Grass Creek April 9, 1916 |
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