Casper Mountain is a long mountain at the north end of Laramie Mountains overlooking Casper, Wyoming along the North Platte River. Casper Mountain is such in length that it's visible from Space, at the altitude that the ISS and Space Shuttle Fly. At a top elevation of 8130 feet, the mountain rises approximately 3000 feet above Casper. Casper Mountain has many things there like the Bridal trail and the falls. The Bridal trail Goes 3 miles in the Mountain. It has a beautiful view Casper.
I have chosen HELLS HALF ACRE as my second landmark. Hell's
half acre is an area that is close to Casper Wyoming that is filled with ridges, spikes, and spires. It looks like an area of chaos, and amazingly this is completely natural. It is the result of lava flowing out of the ground and geysers. There is a restaurant there too but that's not important. It got the name Hell's Half Acre because of how chaotic it looks but it is really a 150 ft gorge that i really 320 acres long.
In 1859 was a trading post was build. there was a battle, the Battle of Red Buttes. After the battle the trading post was named fort Casper because of the LT. Caspar Collins went back to save his men, and died trying. His name was spelled wrong in papers and that's why its Casper and not Caspar. Later a town grew from the trading post and the city of Casper was formed.
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