Mick McMurry left legacy of good works

It would be hard to find anyone in Wyoming who is not reeling from hearing about the death of Mick McMurry, 69, of Casper March 10.

Rarely does a family, a city or a state come across a citizen like McMurry. He was Wyoming’s Good Samaritan.

His business career, after years of hard effort during the state’s lean years, prepped him for an amazing record of success. He was wealthy thanks to a persevering attitude that allowed him and his partners to discover two of the biggest natural gas fields in the country, the Jonah and Pinedale fields in Sublette County.

Rather than just enjoy the perks of...