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City of Gillette company history timeline

1805

Rockpile Museum.The first American explorer-trapper to travel through the area that is now Campbell County was probably Francois-Antoine Larocque in 1805, trading with the Crow Indians on behalf of the Montreal-based North West Company.

1828

Then, in 1828, Robert Campbell and a party of men from the Rocky Mountain Fur Company traveled through, trapping for beaver along Powder River.

1864

It was traveled by prospectors and settlers starting in 1864.

Prospectors and settlers began using it more heavily in 1864.

1866

The earliest cattle drive from Texas to Montana passed through northeast Wyoming in 1866.

1875

In 1875, the territorial legislature created Crook County out of the northern halves of Albany and Laramie Counties; Crook County took up the entire northeast corner of the territory.

1878

By 1878, the area was open to white people.

1891

The earliest surviving edition of the Gillette News, which began publication in 1891, is dated Jan.

1892

INCORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF THE CITY OF GILLETTE, CROOK COUNTY, WYOMING. FROM COMMISSIONERS PROCEEDINGS OF JANUARY 6th, 1892.

For approximately one year, Gillette was the terminus, and with the presence of the railroad commissary, this created a small, short-lived boom that ended when the tracks reached Sheridan in November 1892.

1911

Campbell County was formed in 1911 from parts of Crook and Weston counties.

1913

When Campbell County’s government was organized in 1913, Gillette became the county seat.

1923

The start of a slope shaft at the Peerless Mine, east of Gillette, 1923.

1941

In 1941, with the start of World War II, the camp was abandoned.

1942

The Wright Post Office continued in two other locations until closing in 1942.

1948

The first commercial discovery of oil in Campbell County was in 1948.

1956

1, 1956, is considered to be the oldest continually operated coal mine in the United States, according to the Wyodak company website.

1975

In 1975, consultants and developers were hired to study the problems inherent in providing housing and community services such as schools and medical care.

1978

Also in 1978, construction began on the Wright Community Recreation Center.

1980

Gillette Mayor Mike Enzi and friend, 1980.

By 1980 the proliferation of subdivisions and trailer courts just outside the Gillette city limits forced the department of Planning and Development to create a study zone, the Gillette Planning Area.

1985

Title: Rumblings from Razor City : the oral history of Gillette, Wyoming, an energy boom town Author: Steve Gardiner Publisher: [N.l.] : Steve Gardiner, ©1985.

2010

In 2010, Black Thunder produced 116.2 million tons of coal, making it the top producer in the United States

2012

Travelstorys was founded in 2012 by conservationist Story Clark, to combine smartphone tech with people and places in Wyoming history.

Black Thunder Mine, 2012, looking south.

Despite these downturns, in 2012 Campbell County was the richest county in Wyo., according to the Department of Revenue assessed valuations, at $5.8 billion; more than a billion ahead of Sublette County at $4.4 billion.

2013

30, 2013 at http://trib.com/business/energy/wyoming-coal-production-jobs-cut-in/article_85eedeb6-ed92-594b-95f8-756299244b88.html.Wright Centennial Museum.

17, 2013 at http://www.wyodak.com/history.html.

2021

Campbell County Chamber of Commerce © 2021

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