The First Well: Shannon Pool Oil Field; Shannon Camp

How to find it: Turn north onto Power Plant Road (County Road 116) just north of Midwest. Continue north about four miles, then bear west (left) at a junction. Approximately 1.2 miles brings you to a good overlook on the bluff above Salt Creek, and one of several informal two-tracks can can be taken down onto the flood plain. There are no remnants of Shannon Camp, but the overall area looks much the same as in historic photos. There is an old footbridge assoicated with a pipeline across Salt Creek near this location. (NW-1/4 Section 1, T40N-R79W)

Oil Derek

About the site:

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Stop 1 A Symbol of Scandal: Teapot Rock · Stop 2 Not a Trace: Teapot Townsite · Stop 3 New Lavoye: The Palm Beach of Wyoming · Stop 4 Teapot Dome (Naval Petroleum Reserve): Watergate of the 1920s · Stop 5 Pumping Station/Storage Tank Facility · Stop 6 Old Lavoye: Picked Up and Moved · Stop 7 The North-South Railroad: Remnants of a Grand Scheme · Stop 8 Gas Plant Camp, Midwest's Major Suburb · Stop 9 Salt Creek Oil Field Interpretive Sign and Oil Derrick · Stop 10 Canadian Camp · Stop 11 Midwest Cemetery · Stop 12 Lewis Camp (Camp No. 3) · Stop 13 Jackass (IBA) Spring · Stop 14 The First Well: Shannon Pool Oil Field; Shannon Camp · Stop 15 A Monument to Engineering: The Midwest Electric Plant · Stop 16 Midwest: Where "Democracy and Fairness Predominates"

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