Hell's Half Acre - Wyoming
Hell's Half Acre is a large scarp located about 40 miles west of Casper, Wyoming on US 20/26. Encompassing 320 acres, this geologic oddity is composed of deep ravines, caves, rock formations and hard-packed eroded earth.
Hell's Half Acre was used as the location for the fictional planet of Klendathu in the movie Starship Troopers.
Hell's Half Acre, Wyoming
Hell's Half Acre is a 320 acre geological site northwest of Casper, Wyoming. The walls show colors and hues very similar to the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. In former days, Native Americans drove large herds of buffalo over the cliffs as a method of slaughter.
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Hell's Half Acre Wyoming
Hell's Half Acre is a large scarp located about 40 miles (64 km) west of Casper, Wyoming on US 20/26. Encompassing 320 acres (1.3 km2), this geologic oddity is composed of deep ravines, caves, rock formations and hard-packed eroded earth. Hell's Half Acre was used as the location for the fictional planet of Klendathu in the movie Starship Troopers.
The location was known as The Devil's Kitchen, The Pits of Hades, and The Baby Grand Canyon until a cowhand appeared and thought he was at Hell's Half Acre, an area southwest of Casper full of alkali and bogs.
Native American tribes used the ravines to drive bison to their death during their hunts.
As of December 2005, the roadside restaurant and motel/campground sitting atop the ravine were closed. The motel and the abandoned restaurant have since been torn down. The area is fenced off and there is no public access to the cliff edge nor the valley itself, but there is an interpretive sign west of the former restaurant. As of late July, 2018, the fencing was still in place, but two gates in the fence were open, allowing vehicular access to a large gravel lot (with potholes) and a closer view of the topography.
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Eclipse Totality from Hells Half Acre near Casper Wyoming
I set out several cameras all around us. This video captured our raw emotions and reactions from the 2017 eclipse in the zone of totality.
I just posted this video from yesterdays eclipse. Those of you who watched the eclipse outside the zone of totality may have a hard time understanding our crazy reactions. Even if you were in the 99% zone, the sun is still bright enough where you would not have seen the giant halo of the purist bright light that made you feel like you were on another planet. I remember seeing the eclipse many years ago in grade school through a pinhole viewer. I though it was totally lame, and I still think it's totally lame. This is not the same thing. Those of you who were in the zone understand. The rest of you will think we are crazy. Ash and I agreed it was the most beautiful thing we have ever seen. As I drove home I was truly saddened by the fact that not everyone I know saw what we saw and it would be hard for them to understand our experience.
Ashley I am so glad you talked me into going. I guess the pinhole experience was what I was expecting. This is something we will never forget as long as we live.
Hell's Half Acre Part 1
Taken on 15 June 2007 at Hell's Half Acre, about 45 minutes northwest of Casper Wyoming.
Hell's Half-Acre
Hell's Half-Acre is a geological mismatch located between Casper and Shoshoni Wyoming. Parts of Starship Troopers was filmed at the site.
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Hell's Half Acre-Two Sites, Two States, Wyoming & Idaho - S1.E170
Have you ever come across a place named “Hell’s Half Acre” while traveling. Now imagine discovering two sites known as “Hell’s Half Acre” within one week - in two different states.
We actually had that experience recently while traveling through Wyoming and Idaho. In this video we share a few views of the Wyoming Hell’s Half Acre and bring you along for a hike around the Idaho Hell’s Half Acre.
Hell's Half Acre in Idaho is located along I-15 behind a roadside rest area. This site was formed as a result of a lava flow that actually forced the Snake River to be rerouted in the distant past. The lava flow is believed to have erupted about 4,100 years ago and covers 222 square miles.
Hell's Half Acre in Wyoming is located along Highway 20/26 approximately 40 miles west of Casper. The 960-acre site is described as a geologic oddity, and features eroded earth, rocks, caves, and deep ravines. The site is now known as Hell's Half Acre, but in the past was known by several other names, including The Baby Grand Canyon, The Pits of Hades, and The Devil's Kitchen. The site is known to have been a Native American hunting ground that was used for buffalo hunts.
A special note from Debra: The sign in WY is misleading. It reads, the Indians drove great herds of buffalo into this depression for slaughter. The indigenous never slaughtered buffalo. Every part of every buffalo hunted was utilized and never wasted - hides for the teepees and rugs, meat for food, horns for medicine and even cooking, etc. The indigenous also honored every animal slain with rituals of gratitude. It is the white man that slaughtered the buffalo, almost to extinction. “In the mid-19th century, it was estimated that 30 million to 60 million buffalo roamed the plains.” In an effort to extinguish Native Indians, the indigenous, “Hunters began killing buffalo by the hundreds of thousands in the winter months. By the end of the 19th century, only 300 buffalo were left in the wild.”
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Taken on 15 June 2007 at Hell's Half Acre, about 45 minutes northwest of Casper Wyoming.
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In 2013, a few simple projects funded by Wyoming Business Council grants – infrastructure improvements, a line of attractive street lamps, a few benches, some pretty planters and upgraded pedestrian lanes – were some of the earliest investments in the Old Yellowstone District, a somewhat neglected, rarely visited area of downtown.
Despite being relatively small changes in a city the size of Casper, the projects kicked off a series of public and private investments that have breathed new life into downtown Casper for both businesses and residents.
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WAY OUT WEST IN WYOMING 1960s TRAVELOGUE DEVIL'S TOWER CASPER GRAND TETON JACKSON HOLE 68294
This late 1960s color travelogue film about Wyoming is narrated by Jack Douglas as part of the America! Television series. Buffalo and antelope roam on a plain. Deep Conestoga Wagon wheel ruts are shown along the Oregon Trail. Register Cliff has names and 1850s dates etched in (:15-1:31). A newspaper clipping from July 10, 1891 celebrates Wyoming’s statehood. A horseback rider walks next to 1960s vehicles at the 75th anniversary Wyoming State Fair Pioneer Days in Douglas. A “reserved parking for horses” sign is shown. The Rexall Drugstore has a teepee. A woman wears an 1850s feathered hat next to a mountain man (1:32-3:09). The parade has a dancing Sioux Indian, a high school marching band, Cancan girls, a boy’s drum corps in which a member falls down, a blue-tail fly float, Smokey the Bear, a bicycle-built-for-two, and a frozen mountain man float (3:10-4:03). Rodeo, activities include children riding calves, Brahma bull-riding steer wrestling, and barrel racing. Sioux Indians ride horses. A posse hangs a man. A beard shaving contest takes place (4:04-5:50). Natural landmarks include the Ayres Natural Bridge and Devils Tower National Monument. The Indian explanation is depicted in drawings (5:51-7:15). Prairie Dog Town occupants entertain picture-taking visitors. A prairie dog eats a carrot (7:16-7:53). Colorful cliffs line Alcova Lake. (7:54-8:38). Hell’s Half Acre post office overlooks rocky badlands (8:39-9:16). Downtown Casper full of 1960s cars is followed by Old Fort Caspar. 11th Ohio Calvary reenactors play the bugle and raise the flag. The Casper Troopers Drum and Bugle Corps perform (9:17-11:32). The Lander one-shot antelope hunt is explained. A Shoshone chief in full ceremonial clothing and headdress blesses the bullet for Wisconsin Governor Knowles. The Medicine Man uses a flint knife to make him a blood-brother, and a magic pouch is hung around his neck. The Shoshone perform a traditional hunting powwow dance around the nighttime campfire (11:33-13:18). The Cody Buffalo Bill Museum includes displays of William Cody’s belongings and advertising posters for his Wild West show. The Whitney Gallery of Western Art has a Buffalo Bill sculpture by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney and paintings by Remington, Schreyvogel, Russell, and Paxson’s “Custer’s Last Stand.” (13:19-16:00). Jackson Lake is overshadowed by the Teton Mountains. Clouds cover the Grand Teton (16:01-17:05). Black bears sit at the side of the road or stand on hind legs to look into a 1964 Rambler Classic 770 car window at Yellowstone National Park. Elk, moose, and pronghorn antelope graze in the grassy meadows (17:06-18:14). Shown is a geyser at Yellowstone Lake, Morning Glory Pool Hot Springs, Dragon’s Mouth Spring, Black Dragon Cauldron, Clepsydra Geyser, Mammoth Hot Springs, the Minerva Terrace, and Old Faithful Geyser (18:15-20:00). Waterfalls shown are Gibbon Falls, Yellowstone Upper Falls, and Lower Yellowstone Falls (20:01-20:38). An arch of elk antlers is shown at Jackson Hole. Along Main Street are wooden boardwalks as sidewalks. The magician act at the Pink Garter Theatre is shown (20:39-23:08). Jack Douglas gives the America! sign-off (23:09-23:24).
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