AHJ_ah560002 Inventory of the University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center, Wyoming Energy Boom Niobrara Oil Play Oral History Project, 2011-2014 University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center, Wyoming Energy Boom Niobrara Oil Play Oral History Project Processed by Jamie J. Greene Funding for the program was awarded through the Wyoming Humanities Council, the University of Wyoming’s School of Energy Resources, and the University of Wyoming’s American Heritage Center. University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
American Heritage Center Dept. 3924, 1000 E. University Avenue University of Wyoming Laramie, WY 82071 Phone: 307.766.2574 Fax:307.766.5511 Email:ahcref@uwyo.edu URL:http://ahc.uwyo.edu/
2015

University of Wyoming

 Finding aid encoded by Jamie J. Greene February 2015 Finding aid is in English Collection Summary University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center, Wyoming Energy Boom Niobrara Oil Play Oral History Project 2011-2014 560002 963 GB + 1.05 cubic ft. (3 boxes + electronic files) University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center. English The Wyoming Energy Boom Niobrara Oil Play Oral History Project documents the social, environmental, and economic impacts of a potential energy boom in the Niobrara Oil Play of Southeast Wyoming from 2011-2014. History of the Wyoming Energy Boom Niobrara Oil Play Oral History Project

The University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center, Wyoming Energy Boom Niobrara Oil Play Oral History Project was conducted by the American Heritage Center’s Alan K. Simpson Institute for Western Politics and Leadership. The focus of the project was to learn from the boom and bust economic cycle that has historically pervaded Wyoming’s economy by exploring the social, environmental, and economic impacts of a potential energy boom beginning to occur in the Niobrara Oil Play.

Archivist, Leslie Waggener and camerawoman, Ali Grossman of University of Wyoming Television interviewed over 60 people, from 2011-2014, involved in and impacted by the activities to develop and extract oil from the Niobrara Oil Play. The interviewee’s included ranchers, business owners, town leaders, law enforcement personnel, school administrators, social services employees, energy industry officials and workers, and others from Southeast Wyoming in Converse, Goshen, Laramie, and Platte counties.

Scope and Content

The University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center, Wyoming Energy Boom Niobrara Oil Play Oral History Project contains digital video and transcripts of oral history interviews regarding the potential energy boom in the Niobrara Oil Play area; video shots and B-roll of the interviews, landscape, and towns within the Niobrara Oil Play; and research materials used for the project including newspaper articles involving oil and gas development, periodicals relating to the Wyoming energy boom, pamphlets, local business and real estate brochures, maps, and phone books for Goshen, Niobrara, and Platte counties.

 Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.

 Copyright Information

The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.

 Related Materials

University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center, Wyoming Energy Boom Sublette County Natural Gas Oral History Project, 1974-2014, Collection Number 560001, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

 Acquisition Information

This material was received from Leslie Waggener, Project Director of the University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center, Wyoming Energy Boom Oral History Projects in March 2014.

 Processing Information

The collection was processed by Jamie J. Greene in February 2015.

 Preferred Citation

Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

 Existence and Location of Copies

Digital reproductions of select material from this collection are available at http://digitalcollections.uwyo.edu:8180/luna/servlet/uwydbuwy~135~135.

 Access Terms Business cycles Energy development--Social aspects--Wyoming Petroleum industry and trade--Wyoming Oil-shale industry Energy development--Economic aspects--Wyoming Energy development--Environmental aspects--Wyoming Oil fields--Wyoming Wyoming--History--2000- Converse County (Wyo.) Platte County (Wyo.) Laramie County (Wyo.) Goshen County (Wyo.) Niobrara Formation Cheyenne (Wyo.) Wheatland (Wyo.) Glenrock (Wyo.) Douglas (Wyo.) Torrington (Wyo.) Oral histories (document genres) <?xm-replace_text {Title as Subject}?> Education Colleges and Universities Agriculture and Natural Resources Mines and Mineral Resources Energy Production Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Wyoming Oral Histories Container List Series I. Oral Histories and Transcipts 2011-2014

This series contains the oral history video interviews and the corresponding transcripts in both digital and paper formats for each interview by geographical location of the interviewee.

 Sub-series 1. Casper, Wyoming 2012-2013

Digital Box 4 and 5Interview with Don Basko, retired supervisor of the Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation CommissionNovember 5, 2013 1Paper copy of transcript Digital Folder 5Digital transcript (Word .doc) Digital Box 4 and 5Interview with Dustin Bleifezzer, editor of WyoFileAugust 1, 2012 1Paper copy of transcript Digital Folder 5Digital transcript (Word .doc) Digital Box 4 and 5Interview with Bruce Hinchey, president of the Petroleum Association of WyomingNovember 6, 2013 1Paper copy of transcript Digital Folder 5Digital transcript (Word .doc) Sub-series 2. Converse County, Wyoming 2012

Digital Box 4 and 5Interview with Matt Adelman, Publisher and Editor of the Douglas Budget and Glenrock Independent newspapersApril 27, 2012 1Paper copy of transcript Digital Folder 5Digital transcript (Word .doc) Digital Box 4 and 5Interview with Linda Alley and Susan Dziardziel, Employment Specialists at Douglas Workforce Services, Douglas, WyomingJuly 30, 2012 1Paper copy of transcript Digital Folder 5Digital transcript (Word .doc) Digital Box 4 and 5Interview with Jim Anderson, Republican Wyoming Senator, Senate District 02 (Converse/Platte counties)July 31, 2012 1Paper copy of transcript Digital Folder 5Digital transcript (Word .doc) Digital Box 4 and 5Interview with Linda Care, Mayor of Glenrock, WyomingApril 27, 2012 1Paper copy of transcript Digital Folder 5Digital transcript (Word .doc) Digital Box 4 and 5Interview with Mike Colling, Chairman of the Converse County Board of Commissioners and co-owner of Hotel Higgins in Glenrock, WyomingApril 28, 2012 1Paper copy of transcript Digital Folder 5Digital transcript (Word .doc) Digital Box 4 and 5Interview with Arlene Ekland-Earnst, supervisor at the Wyoming Pioneer Memorial Museum, the Fort Fetterman State Historical Site, and the Camp Douglas World War II Officer’s ClubApril 28, 2012 1Paper copy of transcript Digital Folder 5Digital transcript (Word .doc) Digital Box 4 and 5Interview with Victor Garber, owner of VJ Energy and Land, Inc, Douglas, WyomingJuly 31, 2012 1Paper copy of transcript Digital Folder 5Digital transcript (Word .doc) Digital Box 4 and 5Interview with Charlie Hegglund, owner of Plains Trading Post and Motel, Douglas, WyomingJuly 30, 2012 1Paper copy of transcript Digital Folder 5Digital transcript (Word .doc) Digital Box 4 and 5Interview with Cody Helenbolt, 7th grade teacher at Douglas Middle School, Douglas, WyomingJuly 30, 2012 1Paper copy of transcript Digital Folder 5Digital transcript (Word .doc) Digital Box 4 and 5Interview with Maria Katherman, resident of Douglas, WyomingJuly 30, 2012 1Paper copy of transcript Digital Folder 5Digital transcript (Word .doc) Digital Box 4 and 5Interview with Bobbie Larsen, Broker and Owner of My Realty Company, Douglas, Wyoming and Chairman of the Converse County Planning & Zoning CommissionApril 26, 2012 1Paper copy of transcript Digital Folder 5Digital transcript (Word .doc) Digital Box 4 and 5Interview with Pepper McClenahan, Community Development Director for the City of Douglas, WyomingApril 26, 2012 1Paper copy of transcript Digital Folder 5Digital transcript (Word .doc) Digital Box 4 and 5Interview with Erin Miller, labor and delivery nurse at Memorial Hospital of Converse County, Douglas, WyomingApril 27, 2012 1Paper copy of transcript Digital Folder 5Digital transcript (Word .doc) Digital Box 4 and 5Interview with Kristi Mogen, resident of Douglas, WyomingNovember 5, 2013 1Paper copy of transcript Digital Folder 5Digital transcript (Word .doc) Digital Box 4 and 5Interview with Marilyn Werner, City Councilwoman and former Mayor of Douglas, WyomingApril 28, 2012 2Paper copy of transcript Digital Folder 5Digital transcript (Word .doc) Digital Box 4 and 5Interview with Jared Williams, owner of Process Power and Control, Glenrock, WyomingJuly 31, 2012 2Paper copy of transcript Digital Folder 5Digital transcript (Word .doc) Sub-series 3. Denver, Colorado 2013-2014

Digital Box 4 and 5 Interview with Terry Barr, President/CEO of Samson Oil & Gas, Ltd.May 15, 2013 1Paper copy of transcript Digital Folder 5Digital transcript (Word .doc) Digital Box 4 and 5 Interview with Harrison Welshimer May 23, 2014 2Paper copy of transcript Digital Folder 5Digital transcript (Word .doc) Sub-series 1. Goshen County, Wyoming 2011

Digital Box 4 and 5 Interview with Marsha Anderson, owner of the Blue Lantern Motel, TorringtonOctober 1, 2011 1Paper copy of transcript Digital Folder 5Digital transcript (Word .doc) Digital Box 4 and 5 Interview with Dan Bevans, owner of Deacons Restaurant, Torrington, WyomingOctober 1, 2011 1Paper copy of transcript Digital Folder 5Digital transcript (Word .doc) Digital Box 4 and 5 Interview with Casey Burns, owner of Burns ConsultingSeptember 30, 2011 1Paper copy of transcript Digital Folder 5Digital transcript (Word .doc) Digital Box 4 and 5 Interview with Larry Grimes, owner of Grampa Chuy’s Restaurant, Bar, and Grill, Torrington, WyomingOctober 2, 2011 1Paper copy of transcript Digital Folder 5Digital transcript (Word .doc) Digital Box 4 and 5 Interview with John and Nancy Kessler, ranchers near LaGrange, WyomingOctober 2, 2011 1Paper copy of transcript Digital Folder 5Digital transcript (Word .doc) Digital Box 4 and 5 Interview with Gary Kirchhefer, co-owner of Gary’s Gun Shop, Torrington, WyomingOctober 1, 2011 1Paper copy of transcript Digital Folder 5Digital transcript (Word .doc) Digital Box 4 and 5 Interview with Ross Newman, Goshen County Commissioner and landownerOctober 1, 2011 1Paper copy of transcript Digital Folder 5Digital transcript (Word .doc) Digital Box 4 and 5 Interview with Debbie Quest, owner of the Bronco Bar, Torrington, WyomingOctober 1, 2011 1Paper copy of transcript Digital Folder 5Digital transcript (Word .doc) Digital Box 4 and 5 Interview with Ray Schulte, Superintendent of Goshen County School District #1September 30, 2011 1Paper copy of transcript Digital Folder 5Digital transcript (Word .doc) Digital Box 4 and 5 Interview with Gary Korell, Goshen County Road and Bridge Superintendent and Bob Taylor, Goshen County EngineerSeptember 30, 2011 2Paper copy of transcript Digital Folder 5Digital transcript (Word .doc) Digital Box 4 and 5 Interview with Bob Taylor, co-owner and engineer for Benchmark of Torrington and board member of the Goshen County Economic Development CorporationSeptember 30, 2011 2Paper copy of transcript Digital Folder 5Digital transcript (Word .doc) Digital Box 4 and 5Video tour of Torrington, Wyoming with Jim Hudelson, Goshen County CommissionerSeptember 29, 2011 1Paper copy of transcript Digital Folder 5Digital transcript (Word .doc) Digital Box 4 and 5 Interview with Mike Varney, Mayor of Torrington, WyomingOctober 1, 2011 2Paper copy of transcript Digital Folder 5Digital transcript (Word .doc) Sub-series 4. Laramie County, Wyoming 2011-2013

Digital Box 4 and 5 Interview with Matt Ashby, Planning Services Director, City of CheyenneNovember 29, 2011 1Paper copy of transcript Digital Folder 5Digital transcript (Word .doc) Digital Box 4 and 5 Interview with Randy Bruns, Chief Executive Officer of The Cheyenne-Laramie County Corporation for Economic Development (Cheyenne LEADS)November 18, 2011 1Paper copy of transcript Digital Folder 5Digital transcript (Word .doc) Digital Box 4 and 5 Video tour of Cheyenne, Wyoming with Randy Bruns, Chief Executive Officer of The Cheyenne-Laramie County Corporation for Economic Development (Cheyenne LEADS)November 18, 2011 1Paper copy of transcript Digital Folder 5Digital transcript (Word .doc) Digital Box 4 and 5 Interview with Trudy Eisele, Laramie County Treasurer and Mark Eisele, President of the Wyoming Stock Growers AssociationNovember 29, 2011 1Paper copy of transcript Digital Folder 5Digital transcript (Word .doc) Digital Box 4 and 5 Interview with Brad Graham, owner and Associate Broker with Coldwell Banker Commercial/The Property Exchange in Cheyenne, Wyoming, November 29, 2011 1Paper copy of transcript Digital Folder 5Digital transcript (Word .doc) Digital Box 4 and 5 Interview with Bobby Johnson a Natural Resource Analyst in the Groundwater Division of the Wyoming State Engineer’s Office November 29, 2011 1Paper copy of transcript Digital Folder 5Digital transcript (Word .doc) Digital Box 4 and 5 Interview with Mike Kaelin, landowner in Laramie CountyNovember 19, 2011 1Paper copy of transcript Digital Folder 5Digital transcript (Word .doc) Digital Box 4 and 5Interview with Jeff Ketchum, Laramie County landowner and former Laramie County CommissionerNovember 18, 2011 1Paper copy of transcript Digital Folder 5Digital transcript (Word .doc) Digital Box 4 and 5Interview with Tyler "Toby" Kimzey, farmer and oil field workerDecember 11, 2011 1Paper copy of transcript Digital Folder 5Digital transcript (Word .doc) Digital Box 4 and 5 Interview with Gary Kranse, Director of Laramie County [Wyoming] Planning & DevelopmentNovember 18, 2011 1Paper copy of transcript Digital Folder 5Digital transcript (Word .doc) Digital Box 4 and 5Interview with Ryan Lance, director of the Wyoming Office of State Lands and InvestmentsAugust 5, 2013 1Paper copy of transcript Digital Folder 5Digital transcript (Word .doc) Digital Box 4 and 5 Interview with Jill Morrison, Community Organizer for the Powder River Basin Resource Council based in Sheridan, WyomingJuly 10, 2013 1Paper copy of transcript Digital Folder 5Digital transcript (Word .doc) Digital Box 4 and 5 Interview with Tom Nowac, Manager of Uncle Charlie’s Grill & Tavern, Cheyenne, WyomingNovember 19, 2011 1Paper copy of transcript Digital Folder 5Digital transcript (Word .doc) Digital Box 4 and 5 Interview with Ed Olson, Integrated Systems Technology Program Director, Laramie County Community College, Cheyenne, WyomingNovember 18, 2011 1Paper copy of transcript Digital Folder 5Digital transcript (Word .doc) Digital Box 4 and 5Interview with Jerimiah Rieman, Wyoming Governor Matt Mead’s Natural Resource Policy DirectorAugust 12, 2013 1Paper copy of transcript Digital Folder 5Digital transcript (Word .doc) Digital Box 4 and 5 Interview with Harry “Bud” Rogers, retired chemist and a Laramie County, Wyoming landownerNovember 19, 2011 1Paper copy of transcript Digital Folder 5Digital transcript (Word .doc) Digital Box 4 and 5 Interview with Jim Ruby, President of the Laramie County Surface Owners Association May 28, 2013 1Paper copy of transcript Digital Folder 5Digital transcript (Word .doc) Digital Box 4 and 5 Interview with Bill Shain, Mayor of Pine Bluffs, WyomingDecember 11, 2011 1Paper copy of transcript Digital Folder 5Digital transcript (Word .doc) Digital Box 4 and 5 Interview with Patty Smith, co-owner (with her husband) of Bar S Services, Cheyenne, WyomingNovember 29, 2011 1Paper copy of transcript Digital Folder 5Digital transcript (Word .doc) Digital Box 4 and 5 Interview with Dale Steenbergen, President and CEO of the Greater Cheyenne Chamber of Commerce November 17, 2011 2Paper copy of transcript Digital Folder 5Digital transcript (Word .doc) Digital Box 4 and 5 Interview with Mary Ellen Tast, Dean of the Lifelong Learning Center, Laramie County Community College, Cheyenne, WyomingNovember 18, 2011 2Paper copy of transcript Digital Folder 5Digital transcript (Word .doc) Digital Box 4 and 5Interview with John Wagner, retired Water Quality Division administrator in the Wyoming Department of QualityMay 14, 2013 2Paper copy of transcript Digital Folder 5Digital transcript (Word .doc) Digital Box 4 and 5 Interview with Larry Wolfe, partner in the law firm of Holland & Hart, Cheyenne, WyomingMay 14, 2013 2Paper copy of transcript Digital Folder 5Digital transcript (Word .doc) Sub-series 5. Platte County, Wyoming 2011-2012

Digital Box 4 and 5 Interview with Thane Ashenhurst, owner of Drube Supply, a hardware store in Wheatland, Wyoming, September 23, 2011 1Paper copy of transcript Digital Folder 5Digital transcript (Word .doc) Digital Box 4 and 5 Interview with Thane and Larry AshenhurstSeptember 23, 2011 1Paper copy of transcript Digital Folder 5Digital transcript (Word .doc) Digital Box 4 and 5 Interview with Anja Bendel, Executive Director of the High Plains Economic Development District based in Wheatland, WyomingSeptember 24, 2011 1Paper copy of transcript Digital Folder 5Digital transcript (Word .doc) Digital Box 4 and 5 Interview with Dan Brecht, Director of Platte County Economic Development based in Wheatland, WyomingDecember 10, 2011 1Paper copy of transcript Digital Folder 5Digital transcript (Word .doc) Digital Box 4 and 5 Interview with Sandra Cooper, environmental consultant living in Wheatland, Wyoming September 24, 2011 1Paper copy of transcript Digital Folder 5Digital transcript (Word .doc) Digital Box 4 and 5 Interview with Jitesh "Jay" Khilochia, owner of the West Winds Motel, Wheatland, Wyoming, September 24, 2011 1Paper copy of transcript Digital Folder 5Digital transcript (Word .doc) Digital Box 4 and 5 Interview with Dan Kirkbride, rancher/Platte County landowner and former Platte County CommissionerDecember 10, 2011 1Paper copy of transcript Digital Folder 5Digital transcript (Word .doc) Digital Box 4 and 5 Interview with Nancy Munier, book store manager and resident of Wheatland, WyomingDecember 10, 2011 1Paper copy of transcript Digital Folder 5Digital transcript (Word .doc) Digital Box 4 and 5 Interview with Mona Sherard, realtor and owner of Sherard Realty, Wheatland, WyomingSeptember 23, 2011 1Paper copy of transcript Digital Folder 5Digital transcript (Word .doc) Digital Box 4 and 5 Interview with Stephen "Steve" Sherard, attorney in Wheatland, WyomingJuly 29, 2012 1Paper copy of transcript Digital Folder 5Digital transcript (Word .doc) Digital Box 4 and 5 Video tour of Wheatland, Wyoming with Dan Brecht, Director of Platte County Economic DevelopmentSeptember 22, 2011 1Paper copy of transcript Digital Folder 5Digital transcript (Word .doc) Series II. Video and Broll 2011-2014

This series contains videos and supporting digital video images (Broll) about Southeast Wyoming, the interviewees, and the Niobrara Oil Play oral history project.

 Digital Folder 6 "American Heritage Center's Niobrara Oral History Project," December 6, 2012 Digital Folder 6 "Niobrara Oil Play: An Oral History," June 27, 2014 Converse County, Wyoming: Digital Folder 4 Chesapeake well blowout BrollApril 27, 2012 Digital Folder 4 Dave Johnston Power Plant BrollApril 28, 2012 Digital Folder 4 Douglas BrollApril 26, 2012 Digital Folder 4 Glenrock BrollApril 28, 2012 Digital Folder 4 Higgins Hotel BrollApril 28, 2012 Digital Folder 4 Katherman property BrollJuly 30, 2012 Digital Folder 4 Plains Trading Post and Motel BrollJuly 30, 2012 Goshen County, Wyoming: Digital Folder 4 Kessler property BrollOctober 2, 2011 Digital Folder 4 Newman property BrollOctober 1, 2011 Digital Folder 4 Torrington Broll October 1, 2011 Laramie County, Wyoming: Digital Folder 4 Cheyenne BrollNovember 18, 2011 Digital Folder 4 Pine Bluffs BrollDecember 11, 2011 Digital Folder 4 Uncle Charlie's Tavern BrollNovember 19, 2011 Platte County, Wyoming: Digital Folder 4 Chugwater BrollSeptember 24, 2011 Digital Folder 4 Drube Supply BrollSeptember 23, 2011 Digital Folder 4 Leslie BrollSeptember 24, 2011 Digital Folder 4 Sherard Reality BrollSeptember 23, 2011 Digital Folder 4 West Winds Motel BrollSeptember 24, 2011 Digital Folder 4 Wheatland BrollSeptember 25, 2011 Digital Folder 4 Wheatland Power Plant BrollDecember 10, 2011 Series III. Research Materials and Project Files 2011-2013

This series contains newspaper clippings, reports, articles, pamphlets, programs, and directories regarding the research and the administration of the Wyoming Energy Boom Niobrara Oil Play oral history project.

 3 Niobrara shale oil 2011-2013 3 Niobrara project 2011-2013 3 Wyoming phone book for Goshen, Niobrara, and Platte counties 2011-2012