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Article: WHALE OF A DONATION RECORD $5M LAUNCHES UW'S JONAH FIELD
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- Wyoming Tribune-Eagle
- Article date:
- May 7, 2005
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LARAMIE -- Years ago a sheep herder named a desolate area in
western Wyoming's high desert about 27 miles north of Farson. He
called it Jonah Gulch.
Now known as Jonah Field, it is one of the richest areas in the
country for natural gas.
And thanks to two Wyoming families who have tapped some of the
wealth of that resource, the face of collegiate athletics at the
University of Wyoming is about to undergo a dramatic change.
Casper entrepreneurs John and Mari Ann Martin and Mick and Susie
McMurry and their families have donated $5 million to UW for
athletics facility construction and upgrades.
The announcement was made Friday at a news conference in the War
Room at the Rochelle Athletics ...