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Casper
(kas′pər)
city in central Wyo.: pop. 50,000
Origin: earlier Fort Caspar, after Lt. Caspar Collins, killed there
See Casper in American Heritage Dictionary 4
A city of east-central Wyoming on the North Platte River northwest of Cheyenne. It was founded in 1888 with the coming of the railroad and grew rapidly after the discovery of oil nearby. Population: 52,100.
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