Search for history: Crew scans west of Casper site of 1865 Battle of Red Buttes

Al Fraser, center, uses a metal detector to search for possible clues on the whereabouts of the lost Battlefield of Red Buttes in the hills west of Fort Caspar on Monday afternoon. A team of state archaeologists and volunteers is scouring the area where 20 or so soldiers were killed and buried in 1865. Photo by Dan Cepeda, Star-Tribune.