Pathfinder Dam

Pathfinder Dam is located about 20 miles from the house and we stopped by there on the way back from a trip to Utah. There's been a lot of rain in the area in the last few weeks and so water levels have reached an all time high flowing over the dam.


These pictures were taken on the fall side of the dam. It's like the "Niagra Falls of Casper".


There is an old cemetery located near the dam. Seven grave sites dating from 1905 to 1912 are located in this tiny cemetery. Barney Flynn and Clint Moor, workers on Pathfinder Dam, died February 9, 1912 in a construction accident. Five men were working on the concrete ladderway on the south side of the canyon when a tram cable directly above them gave way. As the cable fell it knocked the men from their scaffolding to the bottom of the canyon, killing them.
The other graves are of residents of the area. The farthest to the right is that of infant Leslie Wolfe who died from eating poison meant for coyotes.