The city was established east of the former site of Fort Caspar, a frontier fort and trading post built at a ferry crossing of the North Platte River and serving the Oregon, California, and Mormon Trails.
Many Volga German families have settled in and around Casper.
Trinity Lutheran Church
The following Volga German families settled in and around Casper, Wyoming:
Abel from Müller
Arnhold from Beauregard
Ball from Streckerau
Beilman from Katharinenstadt
Billinger from Herzog
Boxberger from Kratzke
Brecht from Schöntal
Dechant from Wittmann
Doerr from Kind
Dreiling from Herzog
Ehrlich from Shcherbakovka
Eskam from Konstantinovka
Fabrizius from Kratzke
Flack from Jost
Getz from Herzog
Goodman from Brunnental
Green from Neu-Norka
Helzer from Norka
Herder from Beideck
Hettinger from Dietel
Hochnadel from Schuck
Hoff from Frank
Hofferber from Frank
Jacobs from Pfeifer
Karst from Eckheim
Kechter from Kolb
Leikam from Laub
Leiker from Ober-Monjou
Lipps from Messer
Mai from Ährenfeld
Marker from Hussenbach
Neu from Huck
Propp from Hussenbach
Ruby from Jost
Sander from Herzog
Schaffer from Liebental
Schell from Sewald
Schillereff from Kolb
Schilling from Hussenbach
Schlager from Merkel
Schleiger from Norka
Schwartz / Schwartzkopf from Neu-Dönhof
Seilbach from Hussenbach
Steinmetz
Strohman from Dietel
Washenfelder from Hussenbach
Weitzel from Frank
Wilhelm
Zitterkopf from Huck
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- Casper, Wyoming (Wikipedia)