Guide Exploring Casper, Wyoming | SolarTravels.com

<body> Destination Guides Search for a City Destination Guides > North America > USA > Rockies > Wyoming > South and central Wyoming > Casper Casper Travel Options Flights Hotels Vacation Rentals Cars • Casper • Practicalities • Hotels in Casper CASPER BE THERE NOW Hotels in Casper • Best Western Ramkota Hotel Casper from $100.13 USD • Quality Inn Casper Casper from $96.21 USD • Shilo Inn - Casper Casper from $64.82 USD More Hotels in Casper >> READ IT HERE Dreary CASPER , halfway up Wyoming on I-25, may not seem an obvious place to visit, but at a good 150 miles from anywhere of similar size it makes a likely pit stop. Originally at the spot where the Oregon Trail crossed the North Platte River - you can visit a reconstruction of the 1860s Fort Caspar which gave it its (misspelled) name - Casper has been the center of Wyoming's oil region since 1890. Its population (and appearance) fluctuates between periods of high and low demand; right now, the economy is ticking along, though with the exception of a couple of retail blocks along E Second Street downtown, still hasn't completely shaken off the signs of harder times. Casper's biggest bright spot is the Nicolaysen Art Museum , 400 E Collins Drive (Tues, Wed, Fri & Sat 10am-5pm, Thurs 10am-8pm, Sun noon-4pm; $3). Housed in a disused power station, it displays old and new art by Wyoming artists. For a portrayal of life at an Oregon Trail Outpost, visit the Fort Caspar National Historic Place , on the North Platte River west of downtown. </body>