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It takes a lot of work to make a steer look good for showing. It is something that has taken Brett Miller, of Encampment, Corson Kerbs, of Saratoga, and Sarah Herold, of Little Snake River, years to perfect. This year the trio was named grand champion in the Kristi Barkhurst Memorial Beef Fitting Contest at state fair in Douglas last month. Miller said the trio has been competing together for three years. For him, it was an honor to be chosen to be a part of the group. “The Carbon County Fair do...
Daynon Mowry has been riding horses since he was 5 years old, and has been around horses all of his life. He is now 15 years old and has been competing with his horses for the past several years in 4-H. Before then, he was competing in local horse shows. This year, he won several first place ribbons at the Carbon County Fair. Mowry said he likes the fact he can teach an animal something without using words. Mowry credits the Lions Club Youth Horse Show for some of his success. “It helped me g...
What does Saratoga have in common with Las Vegas, San Diego and Los Angeles? Bobby Chitwood. Chitwood and his band started their 10-day tour promoting their new album, “Gravity”, Thursday. The band started it at Duke’s Bar and Grill in Saratoga. Friday morning they headed for Las Vegas. When the band is not on tour with Chitwood, they are working for other artists or bands. Jeremy Holt, who plays lead guitar, also plays for Lone Star. Dave Fowler, the bassist, at one time was the road manag...
Model T Ford of America members traveled to Saratoga Sunday. The “Leaf Peeper Tour” came from as far as Missouri to enjoy the fall colors over Snowy Range Sunday. “It is one of the most beautiful drives there is,” Dave Huson, of Longmont, Colo., said. Huson has been in the Ford Model T business for years, Alan Krusnik, of Littleton, Colo., said. Huson said he was a kid when his family got their first Model T. A farmer who owned a good running Model T was looking to upgrade to Studebaker and wan...
A human skull and bones were found near Silver Lake in the Snowy Range this weekend. A hunter reported the find. Carbon County Sheriff Deputies and search and rescue personnel searched the area and collected and marked anything that looked human, Carbon County Sheriff Jerry Colson said. The search turned up a skull, lower jaw and some bones, Colson said. “They searched the area thoroughly.” Colson said he doubts that the remains are those of Charles Gustafson, a hunter from Minnesota who was...
Editor’s note: This is the third and final story in a series about pioneer trails passing through the Platte Valley and Wyoming. Chris “Chilly” Rollison referred to Randall's explanation of the fact that the Overland Trail started as an Indian trail. Before becoming an Indian trail, the trails were game trails. The Indians would have followed the game and established that trail, and later on the wagons would follow the trail. When Lt. John Fremont and guide Kit Carson were on a trail downs...
Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of stories about pioneer trails passing through the Platte Valley and Wyoming. Historian Elva Evans introduced the great-great granddaughter of W.H. Johnston, whom Johnston’s Island was named after, during the Saratoga Historical and Cultural Association’s trek Sept. 7. Judy Bellamy had told the group at the Trek that the sir name was actually Johnson, but after returning home and researching her records realized she had unintentionally mixed them...
Editor’s note: This is the first of a series of stories about pioneer trails passing through the Platte Valley and Wyoming. Sagebrush has grown over much of the evidence of the pioneers crossing the bluff towards the Platte River. Traveling 14 to 20 miles per day, the pioneers migration across the high desert must have seemed endless 145 years ago. Bob Randall, one of the historians to talk Saturday explained some of the pioneers traveled north of Elk Mountain, some through Pass Creek and o...
The Saratoga Historical and Cultural Association is hosting its annual trek beginning at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, meeting at the Saratoga Museum. This year’s trek will cover the Overland Trail and Emigrant’s Crossing. Bob Randall, Elva Evans and Chris Rollison will be the guest speakers of the trek and will share their research of the Overland Trail, the graves near Emigrant’s Crossing and the attack on Kit Carson by Indians. Tour guides will also read accounts from people who traveled with one o... Full story
In a special meeting Thursday, the Encampment Town Council hired Grayling Wachsmuth as the new Chief of Police in Encampment. Wachsmuth will begin his new job in Encampment Sept. 1. Wachsmuth, who has worked in the police department for the town of Saratoga since 2004, said he is excited to start with the town of Encampment. “It is going to be a good and positive change,” Wachsmuth said. Wachsmuth was promoted to Chief of Police for the Saratoga Police Department in 2008 after Ed Lake res... Full story
The Wyoming Stock Growers Agricultural Land Trust (WSGALT) held its annual banquet in Saratoga Saturday WSGALT was founded in Saratoga. The driving forces behind it were Dr. John Lunt and Joe Glode who worked together to establish WSGALT. Lunt and his wife, Suzie, returned to Saratoga for the event, which was held at the Sheep Rock Ranch owned by Joe and Jack Glode. Sheep Rock Ranch was the first ranch to have a conservation easement under WSGALT. Glode told the record breaking crowd that on...
If fundraisers are measured by the amount of people who attend, then the Ryan Park Fundraiser was a huge success this weekend, with more than 350 people attending. “We had 311 paying adults,” organizer Donna Beach said. Another successful part of the fundraiser was the Ryan Park Volunteer Calendar, which featured the area’s history. The idea to high Ryan Park’s history via calendar was partially concocted by Ryan Park resident Carol Beach. The calendar, designed by Dick Perue, sold for $12 eac...
Above, Dick Weber, of Coupeville, Wash., was in Riverside visiting his daughter Margaret Weber, owner of the Bear Trap. He made a stop to the C.J. Box book signing at the Saratoga Museum Saturday. Weber, who has been carving caricatures for 40 years, said his daughter convinced him to carve Joe Pickett, the main character in Box’s book series. Box kept the wood sculpture on his table during the book signing. Box said his stand-alone book, “The Highway,” is in its fifth printing since Aug. 1. Th... Full story
The loss of a friend is heart-wrenching. I know. I lost my best friend to a car accident when we were 27 years old. We had been friends since we were five. Last week, the class of 2008 lost a classmate and friend to a motorcycle accident. Young adults, parents and teachers were grieving over the loss. Eddie Escobedo had a smile that could not be resisted, and he was always smiling. Every time I saw him, he had a hug for me. Eddie was a classmate and friend of my son Garry. They became quick...
New York Times best-selling author C.J. Box will be signing his books from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Saratoga Museum. Box, who has two new books out this year, “Breaking Point”, the 13th in his Joe Pickett series, and a stand-alone “The Highway”, worked for the Saratoga Sun and the Chamber of Commerce in the 1980s. “The Highway” is the scariest book I’ve ever written,” Box said. He got the idea when he was flying around America several years ago on a book tour. He picked up a newspaper som...
Jack Berger prepares to rope the heel of a calf Saturday at the Carbon County Fair in Rawlins. Berger and his team participated in the Rancher’s Rodeo Saturday afternoon. His team won the event with a time of 2 minutes 4.7 seconds. The team, consisting of Kirby Berger, Ryker Hyche and Chuck Hyatt had to rope and brand a calf, gate a calf, tie down a calf and load a calf in less than five minutes.... Full story
The Saratoga Hot Pool was vandalized three times in the past week, according to Mayor John Zeiger. “We usually don’t make a big deal about vandalism,” Zeiger said. But with three cases of vandalism in one week, Zeiger said it was time to act. The town of Saratoga is offering a $200 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the vandal. An anonymous donor has donated $100 to the reward and is asking residents to donate to the reward as well. On July 29, gang signs were drawn o...
Left to right, JoAnne Bennett and Linda Hostler, of Medicine Bow, and Patti Curri and Stacey Senske, of Rock River, study a quilt exhibited by Saratoga resident Stephanie Vines at the Saratoga Museum’s annual quilt show Saturday. Quilts were on display at the Platte Valley Community Center Friday and Saturday.... Full story
Medicine Bow Fuel & Power LLC (MBFP) is showing up on the grid again with a revised Industrial Siting Permit Socioeconomic Impact Analysis Report. The report was submitted to the Industrial Siting Council June 19, 2013. A public notice ran in the Saratoga Sun’s legal notices advertising that the Industrial Siting Council has received MBFP’s proposed change in construction schedule and socioeconomic study. The Saratoga Sun received a copy of the permit update from the Industrial Siting Div...
“Great cowboys are made, not born,” Craig Cameron told an audience of 30 people Saturday at the Craig Cameron Horsemanship Clinic. Cameron demonstrated his techniques with horses to the audience working with two horses of people from the Platte Valley. Casi Rummell’s horse has been bucking her off and Cameron demonstrated how he works with the horse. Cameron pointed out one of the problems was the bit. Rummell said she was using the same bit the horse came with, a Tom Thumb bit. Cameron recommen...
Kathy Mattea belts out “Standard Lonesome Time” to a nearly sold-out crowd Saturday night at the Platte Valley Community Center. Brush Creek Presents sponsored the concert, “Valley Strong”. Several organizations sold tickets to the concert and were the benefactors of the tickets they sold. For more photos of the concert, see the Saratoga Sun’s Facebook page.... Full story
Carbon County Council of Governments (COG) is gearing up for the Fifth Penny Tax, which is up for renewal in 2014. COG meets every other month alternating their meeting locations around the county. Wednesday night, they met in Baggs. The town leaders in the county were asked to bring the list of what has been funded by the Fifth Penny Tax in the past. The list is extensive and includes fire departments, police departments in some of the county towns and street improvements for others. For the...
A plant tour around Treasure Island July 10 included 38 species of riparian plants. Mae Smith, University of Wyoming Extension Educator in Rawlins, led the tour with the help of Dan Rodgers, Professor of Range at UW and Jaimy Cass, with Carbon County Weed and Pest Office in Saratoga, assisted with the tour. Smith told the group that plants can tell a lot about the soil in the area. Treasure Island, located south of Saratoga, features a wide variety of plants. Crested Wheat Grass is used for...
Residents of Saratoga can rest a little easier at night. The bear that Wyoming Game and Fish Warden Biff Burton had been trying to trap was found in alive bear trap at 5:45 a.m. Monday. The bear, a 4-year-old bore, was not the cute, little “roly-poly” bear Burton thought it would be, he said. Before the bear’s capture, Burton had thought the bear was a 2-year-old cub looking for its own place, but upon capture, Burton realized the bear was a bigger threat. “He would have had no problem defendi... Full story
After last weekend’s rodeo, I have a new respect for bullfighters and rodeo clowns. The first time I went to a rodeo was in 1996 at Cheyenne Frontier Days. I was told that once I had seen that rodeo, I would be bored by all the others. Nothing could be further from the truth. I didn’t go to rodeos very often when I moved to Saratoga and if I did, it was to volunteer in the sorority, or with the cub scouts and I didn’t actually see the rodeos. Since working at the Saratoga Sun, I have gone to qu...