In this town of Midwest the first lighted foodball game was played in 1925. Midwest was also named after the Midwest Oil Company. The golf course is dotted with oil pumps. the gas-recovery plant permeates the town with the smell of sulfur. The Salt Creek Museum is worth a peek, they have every thing from historic photos, bed pans, high-school lockers, dinosaur eggs, and a fun collection of memorabilia.
Most of the major Indian-military battles in Wyoming occurred during the 1860s in the Powder River Basin as Northern Plains tribes rebuffed efforts to establish forts in their territory. In August of 1865 troops led by General Patrick Connor attacked a camp of Arapahos at a site that is now a town park in Ranchester. read more
Central Wyoming includes Goshen, Platte, Niobrara, Converse, Natrona and the eastern portion of Fremont counties.
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