Oil boom prompts formation of town: Rise and fall of Lance Creek by First appeared in The Lusk Herald, July 9, 1986

LANCE CREEK - Gas from three wells in Cow Gulch in June 1917 heralded the Lance Creek boom. Up until then, the area was noted mainly for the raising of cattle, but little did anyone dream that in years to come, the Lance Creek Oil Field would be the largest producing field in the Rocky Mountain region of high-grade crude oil and the fourth largest field in the United States.