Gillette | Campbell County Rockpile Museum

Abstract - 2018.023.0001

Abstract of Title number 4930. The first page contains a grid which shows the land, located in Section 28, in Township 46 North, in Range 70 West, of the Sixth principal Meridian in Wyoming. There are 42 pages, including a Quit Claim Deed to T.N. and T.W. Matthews dated 1904, various documents regarding the estate of Thomas N. Matthews dated 1914-1919, mortgage documents for Thomas William Matthews dated 1925-1927, a Warranty Deed from Thomas W. ...

Record Type: Archive

Abstract - 2018.023.0002

Abstract of Title, number 5090. The first page has a land grid that has been marked in Sections 28, 29, 33, and 32 of Township 46, Range 70 W, in the Sixth Principal Meridian in Wyoming. There are 14 pages of documents including a 1946 Warranty Deed from Folmer P. Mosgaard and wife to Glen V. Osborn, a 1953 Abstracter's note and court document regarding the estate of Thomas N. Matthews and the different spellings of his name in various records, a...

Record Type: Archive

Album, Photograph - 2018.030.0006

Album containing B/W photographs of Jack Nisselius and various other soldiers in uniform. The photographs range in date from 1942-1952 showing photographs of Jack Nisselius and other soldiers in Gillette and other areas of Wyoming, Paris, and Korea. Labels were written next to several but not all photographs. There are 68 completely blank pages.

Record Type: Archive

Application - 2010.030.0060

Application for World War II Ration Book No. 3. Filled out for Mrs. Marjorie Hackett, Gillette, Wyoming. No. 340478 CL. This is a postcard addressed to the OPA Mailing Center, Denver, Colo. Postal cancellation stamp dated June 9, 1943.

Record Type: Archive

Apron, Tool - 2018.037.0001

Nail apron from Underwood Lumber Company. The apron is made from a cream-colored canvas material with the name of the company in colored block-style letters on the front.

Record Type: Object

Archive - EC1068

Record Type: Library

Arrowhead - 2018.014.0005

This arrowhead is long with narrow sides, and it was made witha dark grey flint. The base is not notched, but it does taper down and then runs flat along the bottom of the arrowhead.

Record Type: Object

Automobile - 1998.046.0001

1928 Model A Pick up, black. 2 head lights, 1 horn battery still in place, "Post 42 Gillette" on drivers door. "American US Legion" on right hand door. Gates Vulco on spare tire which is on the bumper on the drivers side. "FORD" is on the tailgate. License plate on the front and back read "WYO Pioneer 1820"

Record Type: Object

Banner - 2017.087.0022

Paper banner displaying the family tree of Edward Gillette. This banner was used during the 125th Anniversary of Gillette.

Record Type: Archive

Banner, Promotional - 2017.087.0021

Paper banner that was used at the 2016 125th Anniversary of Gillette. In the center is the logo that was designed for the anniversary, containing an image of Edward Gillette, a train, and a man on horseback.

Record Type: Archive

Biface - 2018.014.0002

This biface is made from a grey-brown chert. It is long, tapering at both ends but moreso at the tip. It appears to be either an Agate Basin point (10500-8000B.P.), Browns Valley (10000-8000 B.P.), or Angostura (9000-7500 B.P.)

Record Type: Object

Biface - 2018.014.0003

This is a moderately heavy scraper or blade made from a gray, dull stone. Both sides have been worked. It has a serated edge, which is especially prominent at the pointed end of the lithic.

Record Type: Object

Biface - 2018.014.0006

This biface is possibly a blade, arrowhead, or scraper. It has a rounded base. It is made from a light gray material.

Record Type: Object

Biface - 2018.014.0008

This biface is most likely a corner-tang knife, or possibly a broken arrowhead. It has one corner notch near the base, but it appears that there may have been another notch on the opposite side. It is made from a dark brown material.

Record Type: Object