Midwest Cemetery

How to find it: The Midwest Cemetery is somewhat isolated from the main oil field. From Canadian Camp, return to the highway; turn west (left) and proceed about 1.1 mile; turn south on oil field road. Continue south about .5 mile; there is a small building labeled "A9" on the east side of the road. Bear southwest then west about 1.1 mile to the cemetery. (NW/SE Section 21, T40N-R79W) Oil Derek

About the site: The cemetery retains numerous graves, most of which date from 1926-1936. The graves are marked with unique metal markers provided by the oil company. A few of the individual graves are set off from the others by small fenced plots. Many of the markers indicate the high infant mortality rate of earlier days. The cemetery was closed in about 1936, and most people were then buried in Casper.

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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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