Goose Egg Ranch
Goose Egg Ranch
The Famous old ranch house was torn down in 1960.
The Goose Egg Ranch is located at Bessemer
Bend on the North Platte River in Wyoming a few miles upstream
from Casper.
The Goose Egg Ranch was featured in Owen Wister's "The Virginian",
if you are old enough to remember that old TV series.
Goose Egg Ranch
In 1877, Gilbert A. Searight established the Goose Egg ranch on the
north bank of the North Platte River near Bessemer
Bend.
Bessemer
Bend was the famous spot on the Oregon Trail where travelers
forded the river with their wagons.
Searight stocked the ranch by trailing 14,000 head of cattle from Texas
in 1877.
Goose Egg Ranch
Legend has it that The Goose Egg Ranch received its name when several
cowboys found a goose nest with eggs and took the eggs to the cook,
who bore the name "Old Over Slope".
Supposedly the eggs gave Gilbert Searight inspiration for the brand
which would be easy to make and apply.
Old sheep herders wagon in front yard of someone's home
This old sheep herders wagon is featured as a front yard decoration
of a private residence along Bessemer Road between Bessemer
Bend and Goose Egg Ranch.
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