Wyoming Trivia (Renamed)

[ElkHunter]

Now it's going to get tough!

What Wyoming bar, received the first liquor license after prohibition was lifted in 1937, where was it located, and who owned it?

[CptnRn]

The Million Dollar Cowboy Bar in Jackson. Owned by Ben Goe.

Road Trip: Town of Jackson, Wyoming - TakeMyTrip.com

The Million Dollar Cowboy Bar - Jackson, Wyoming's Landmark Watering Hole for Spirits, Beer and Wine

[ElkHunter]

Darn that was quick. Gotta start digging up tougher ones. haha

You got it and it's your turn.

[CptnRn]

When, where and by who was oil first found in Wyoming?

[ElkHunter]

Originally Posted by CptnRn

When, where and by who was oil first found in Wyoming?

Some would say:

The oil industry has been a part of the Wyoming economy since the beginning days of statehood. In fact, explorers in what is now Wyoming in the early 19th century reported evidence of oil. Capt. B. L. E. Bonneville’s Adventures include reference to oil springs near present Dallas Dome, the location of what would be the state’s first drilled oil well in 1885.

However:

During the fur trade and Overland trails periods, mountain men commented on “oil springs” where oil bubbled to the surface of water pools. Native people seined off the oil for eons, using the greasy residues for war-paint, decoration on hides and teepees, as horse and human liniments, and for medications. An oil spring near Hilliard was well-known when Fort Bridger was established in 1842. The first recorded oil sale in Wyoming, however, happened along the Oregon Trail when, in 1863, enterprising entrepreneurs sold oil as a lubricant to wagon train travelers. The oil came from Oil Mountain Springs, some 20 miles west of present-day Casper.

History of Oil in Wyoming

[CptnRn]

ElkHunter, you are faster then a speeding bullet!

Close enough. I was looking for "Tar Spring" near Lander Wyoming. I have found conflicting accounts of where "Tar Spring" is. Apparently there is more then one.

This one that I was looking for is SE of Lander Welcome to Wyoming Places / Tar Spring In the Dallas Dome area, site of the first oil well drilled in the state. I believe this is the one found by Captain Benjamin Bonneville in 1832.

From your account there is one near Casper and another near Hilliard, in far SW Wyoming.

This one is NW of Lander near Fort Washakie Tar Spring - Google Map location If you zoom in on that map in satellite view there is a black pool of something located there.

And apparantly there is one on the Stinkwater near Cody and Colter's Hell. Colter's Hell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Oil Discovery in Wyoming
Oil exploration and discovery within Wyoming has roots in the early 1800s, when this wild, beautiful country was still referred to as the Wyoming Territory, and still seemed boundless, raw, expansive, and virginal. One of the early explorers of this great territory, Captain Benjamin Bonneville, made a note in 1832 of a great "Tar Spring" that was much revered by fur trappers and the Native American population for its medicinal, healing properties. Other than retrieving a small quantity for use as horse ointment and treatment for their own aches and pains, the area remained untouched for the next fifty years, when a wildcatter named Mike Murphy ventured to that still undeveloped locale, braving Indian attacks and wild country, to drill Wyoming's very first oil well. The oil was discovered at a depth of 300 feet near the very site Captain Bonneville and his men had stumbled upon a half-century prior. Word of Murphy's find soon spread, and quickly, like-minded entrepreneurs rushed to the territory, many leaving California and their golden dreams, choosing instead to stake their claims for the crude at promising sites.

[ElkHunter]

By law, How many people must there be for a settlement to be called:

City: ?
Town: ?
Village: ?

[wyoquilter]

Originally Posted by ElkHunter

By law, How many people must there be for a settlement to be called:

City: ?
Town: ?
Village: ?

Let's see if i get this right.

To be a city in WY the population has to be 4000 or more.

To be a town in WY the population has to be 250 or more.

Anything less than 250 is not big enough to be incorporated so therefor is a village. With the exception being Lost Springs, WY as it is the smallest incorporated town in the USA with a 2000 census population of 1.

[ElkHunter]

Originally Posted by wyoquilter

Let's see if i get this right.

To be a city in WY the population has to be 4000 or more.

To be a town in WY the population has to be 250 or more.

Anything less than 250 is not big enough to be incorporated so therefor is a village. With the exception being Lost Springs, WY as it is the smallest incorporated town in the USA with a 2000 census population of 1.

Close, but no cake for you. City, is 4000 or more. Try again on the others.

[ElkHunter]

Here's a hint. It's less then 250.