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3:5 image(s) by permission of David B. Martucci
image(s) from American City Flags,
Raven
9-10 (2002-2003), courtesy of the North American Vexillological Association,
which retains copyright.
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Text and image(s) from American City Flags, Raven 9-10 (2002-2003), courtesy of the North American Vexillological Association, which retains copyright. Image(s) from American City Flags by permission of David B. Martucci.
The field of Casper’s flag is white, with a blue border one-quarter
unit wide on a field of 3 by 5 units. In the center is the inner
portion of the city’s seal, which has a circular red field of 1.5 units in
diameter. In its center is a large white silhouette of a cowboy astride a
bucking horse that faces the hoist. Running from the bronco’s left foreleg
is CASPER in blue, running along the lower portion of the red disk
with the final letter extending on to the white field. On the seal at 9
o’clock is the head of a sheep; at 11 o’clock, a steer’s head; at 1 o’clock,
three oil-treating tanks; and at 3 o’clock, an oil derrick; all in blue.
Curved above the seal is CITY OF, and curved below is WYOMING,
all in small red letters.
John M. Purcell, American City Flags,
Raven
9-10,
2002-2003
Unknown.
Flag adopted: Unknown.
John M. Purcell, American City Flags,
Raven
9-10,
2002-2003
Unknown.
John M. Purcell, American City Flags,
Raven
9-10,
2002-2003
The city’s seal has additional elements
not used on the flag’s seal: a rising sun and city outline, to symbolize
the bright future of the growing city of Casper; plowed fields, suggesting
the agriculture of the area; and a mountain, representing Casper
Mountain. A rope design, also omitted on the flag, encircles the outer
edge of the seal. The border on Wyoming’s state flag, although a different
color, perhaps inspired the border on Casper’s flag.
John M. Purcell, American City Flags,
Raven
9-10,
2002-2003
The Casper flag was adopted in 1965, based on a newspaper clipping. It seems
that most information for this flag has been lost, since all of the people who
work at the historical society have no further information about it.
Daniel Rentería, 2 December 2023
image located by Paul Bassinson, 29 February 2020