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Teapot Rock
Teapot Rock on Teapot Dome, Wyoming
(Historical postcard)
Location: Natrona County, Wyoming, USA Nearest city: Midwest, Wyoming Coordinates: 43°14′0″N 106°18′37″W / 43.233333°N 106.31028°WCoordinates: 43°14′0″N 106°18′37″W / 43.233333°N 106.31028°W Built: 1922 Governing body: Private NRHP Reference#: 74002028[1] Added to NRHP: December 30, 1974 
Teapot Rock viewed from the south. The Teapot Dome oil fields are located north of the rock to the right.
Teapot Rock is a distinctive rock formation in Natrona County, Wyoming that lent its name to a nearby oil field that became notorious as the focus of a bribery scandal during the Presidential administration of Warren G. Harding, the Teapot Dome scandal. The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]
The eroded sandstone formation stands about 75 feet (23 m) tall and is about 300 feet (91 m) in circumference. It is located a few hundred yards east of Wyoming Highway 259, about 19 miles (31 km) north of Casper, Wyoming in the Powder River Basin near Teapot Creek, a tributary of Salt Creek.[2]
The outline of the rock once resembled a teapot and gave its name to several man-made and natural features, including a geologic structural uplift known as the Teapot Dome, and an oil field about 6 miles (9.7 km) east.[1]
In 1915, The Teapot Dome Oil Field was designated Naval Petroleum Reserve Number Three as part of a program to ensure that the U.S. Navy, which was converting to oil-fired boilers at the time, would have sufficient fuel reserves in an emergency.[3][2] It was one of several related fields in the area, the largest of which was the Salt Creek Oil Field. By comparison with the Salt Creek Field's peak production of 35,301,608 barrels (5,612,507.2 m3) of 1923, the Teapot Dome field had about 64 wells, with few producing more than 150 barrels per day (24 m3/d).[2]
References
- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ a b c Junge, Mark (June 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Teapot Rock". National Park Service. http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/74002028.pdf. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
- ^ "Teapot Rock (Dome)". Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office. http://wyoshpo.state.wy.us/NationalRegister/Site.aspx?ID=297. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
External links
- Photographs of Teapot Rock at the National Park Service's NRHP database
- Teapot Rock at the Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office
- http://wiki.wyomingplaces.org/w/page/12716496/Teapot-Rock
National Register of Historic Places in Natrona County, Wyoming National Historic Landmarks 
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Other properties Archeological Site No. 48NA83 | Big Horn Hotel | Bishop House | Bridger Immigrant Road-Waltman Crossing | Casper Buffalo Trap | Casper Federal Building | Casper Fire Department Station No. 1 | Casper Motor Company-Natrona Motor Company | Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Depot | Church of Saint Anthony | Consolidated Royalty Building | DUX Bessemer Bend Bridge | Elks Lodge No. 1353 | Grant Street Grocery and Market | Martin's Cove | Masonic Temple | Midwest Oil Company Hotel | Natrona County High School | North Casper Clubhouse | Odd Fellows Building | Ohio Oil Company Building | Pathfinder Dam | Rialto Theater | Roosevelt School | Split Rock, Twin Peaks | Stone Ranch Stage Station | Teapot Rock | Townsend Hotel | Tribune Building
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