Campbell County State Experiment Farm, Exhibition Hall
Campbell County State Experiment Farm, Exhibition Hall | |
Location | 2910 Doubletree Lane, Gillette, Wyoming |
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Coordinates | 44°17′15″N 105°27′28″W / 44.2875°N 105.4578°W |
Built | 1934 |
NRHP reference No. | 100010677 |
Added to NRHP | August 1, 2024 |
Campbell County State Experiment Farm, Exhibition Hall was built in 1934 in Gillette, Wyoming in Campbell County, Wyoming. The Exhibition Hall is now in CAM-PLEX Park. Campbell County State Experiment Farm was an Experiment Farm run by the University of Wyoming in Laramie, Wyoming. The exhibit hall use by the Wyoming Agricultural Experiment Station program. The Wyoming Agricultural Experiment Station program had nine agricultural stations. The Agricultural Stations were built around the State of Wyoming. The Agricultural Stations grew crops to show what kinds of crops would successful grow in that region of Wyoming. The Exhibition Hall is now under the Gillette Historic Preservation Commission.[1] [2][3] Other early University of Wyoming experiment farms were located in Laramie, Lander, Saratoga, Sheridan, Sundance, and Wheatland. [4]
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[edit]- ^ Gillette Historic Preservation Commission
- ^ "Gillette histories". Gillette News Record. July 1, 2024.
- ^ "Agricultural Experiment Station". UWYO Agricultural Experiment Station.
- ^ "Wyoming Agricultural Experiment Stations 125 Years of Service by University of Wyoming Extension - Issuu". issuu.com. July 18, 2016.