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Casper Growing City Offers Big Plunderof Plenitude
Casper in central Wyoming surges as over 100 new residents arrive in the past month with plans to make the city home. The Platte valley is praised as fertile rainwater country offering farms for small means, and Governor Brooks’ Stroud ranch example is cited to urge entry into homesteading, irrigation, and business openings. The piece touts jobs, real estate booms, and rapid population growth, noting a 3,000 population, new courthouse, and active development from oil, asbestos mines, and wool trade. It highlights opportunities for salaries, homesteads, stores, banks, and promoters, urging young men to consider Casper and the Platte valley as a path to wealth.
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