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It is, perhaps, an understatement to say that the Upper North Platte River Valley has a wealth of history. From copper mines to coal mines, from manifest destiny to the lumber industry, the Valley and the communities within its borders have a unique story. Fortunately, there are a handful of books-from Candy Moulton's "Grand Encampment" to Gay Day Alcorn's "Tough Country" to "Saratoga and Encampment Wyoming: An Album of Family Histories"-that can help guide even the most...
Saratoga Cross Country ran off to the Burns Invitational on Friday. While there, the Bartlett twins returned to their top spots as they raced against 28 other runners in the varsity boys division. Meanwhile, Marilee Williams placed 4th in the varsity girls division out of 18 finishing runners. Boys Defending state champion Grant Bartlett wasted no time in attempting to retain his stop spot while over in Burns. Running against schools such as Cheyenne East, Cheyenne South and...
The Encampment Tigers hosted their first game of the season on September 5 as they welcomed the Midwest Oilers. Encampment wasted no time in clawing into Midwest and, ultimately, won the game leading by nearly 60 points. "One of our goals this season is to set the tone of each game from the first snap," said Kegan Willford, head coach of the Encampment Tigers. "I feel like we did that for our first game. Getting ahead early in the game, like we did, also allowed everyone on th...
The Encampment Lady Tigers had only one game last week and had their first taste of defeat as they were hosted by the Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) Lady Miners. Both teams are at the top of their respective conferences, with Encampment sitting 2-1 in the 1A Southwest Conference and HEM sitting 4-1 in the 1A Southeast Conference. "We did put up a good fight the first two sets," said Robin Brown, head coach of the Lady Tigers. "We were short players, so we had girls pl...
"The kids are working really hard and there are some boys that are going to show some leadership," said Zach Scott, Head Coach of the Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) Miners. Scott said before the game against Little Snake River Valley (LSRV). "Little Snake River Valley is a good starting point for us, it will be a chance to see how good we are at this point." LSRV was the last team the Miners to playeed the year before and it was for the championship. The Miners did...
The Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) girls volleyball team had a solid week. Encampment The Lady Tigers came to HEM on Thursday to face the Lady Miners. The first set was a see-saw battle with both teams playing well. Neither team got very far ahead of the other. It wasn't until towards the end of the set the Lady Miners took out the Lady Tigers. The first set ended 25-22. The second set was just as exciting as the first. Encampment took the lead a few times, but the...
"Aunt Lily (Turner) passed away in December of 2014," Hanna resident Pam Paulson said. "She was a veteran and, at the time of her death, I ordered a veteran memorial headstone." Paulson said she was told to make the headstone she wanted, it could take a year. So as time went by, she didn't worry about the tombstone until about a year and half had passed. "Then I got curious to why it was taking so long, so I got in touch with mortuary," Paulson said. "The guy who I had put...
The Old Fashioned cocktail is a whiskey drink. It has a few variations and depending on how an imbiber wants to interpret history, the recipe for a proper Old Fashioned is disputed. How did this happen? The first drink close to the Old Fashioned, many whiskey drinkers consider the true recipe. It came from Jerry Thomas' Bartender's Guide published first in 1862. It was called the Whiskey Cocktail. The recipe was to take 3-4 dashes of gum (simple) syrup, 2 dashes of bitters, a...
I thought it would be clever to write my thoughts on Saturday as I waited to see if I was going to have to be evacuated due to the 316 fire and the potential of losing pretty much everything I owned. I can’t tell you how interesting the story was because when the order came that the town was under a mandatory evacuation, I shutdown my computer without saving the document. When you are in a hurry, you do careless things. Ironically, I was at the first fire that started on t... Full story
by Dick Perue (Author's note: The following originally was written as an introduction for Elva's book, "Saratoga 150 Years" however, being extremely modest, she wouldn't include it in "Saratoga 150 Years". This is my personal account of Elva (Olson) Evans and her accomplishments over the past 80 years of our acquaintance and friendship. She has "kinda" agreed to me writing and publishing the following.-Dick Perue). Elva Evans' interest in history was sparked at her parents'...
Reprint of this story from the September 9, 1910 issue of the Grand Encampment Herald brought to you courtesy of Grandma’s Cabin, Encampment, Wyoming. Preserving History - Serving the Community. Ed Martin and Chas. Martin have discovered the Beagle Boulder lead. At least they thoroughly believe it and everyone else who has seen it shares the opinion that the long sought source of the famous bonanza boulder has at last been uncovered. If future developments prove this discovery to be proportionately as prolific of gold as w...
At their September 1 meeting, the Saratoga Town Council began the process of moving excess revenues from Fiscal Year 2019/2020 into corresponding reserve funds. While the council appeared to agree that such an action needed to take place, the governing body disagreed on the how and the timeline. A four month period, proposed by Mayor Pro-Tem Keel at the guidance of third-party accountant James Childress, drew criticism from council members Jon Nelson and D’Ron Campbell. The e...
Two weeks after the resignation of Mayor John Zeiger, the Saratoga Town Council is no closer to filling the now vacant position. During the September 1 meeting of the governing body, Mayor Pro-Tem Bob Keel read a letter from legal counsel Tom Thompson regarding the vacant position. Discussion among the council appeared to show the town council agreeing to wait on filling the position until after the general election. In his letter to the council, Thompson wrote that he had...
After 50 years of serving the county, Carbon County Counseling will be undergoing a transition. On September 1, CEO Patrick Gonzales approached the Board of Carbon County Commissioners (BOCCC) for a letter of support in regards to the acquisition and merger of Carbon County Counseling and High Country Behavioral Health. Joining Gonzales was High Country Behavioral Health CEO Kipp Dana. “We are seeking the commissioners, essentially your blessing, in support of a a...
The Saratoga Lady Panthers faced some tough, upper conference competition early in their season as they traveled to Rock Springs on September 5. While the Lady Panthers went 0-2 against the Rawlins Lady Outlaws and the Natrona County Lady Mustangs, Head Coach Shayley Love was happy with the output of her netters. “I felt like the weekend went pretty well. We really thought we were playing a round robin and were going to have two more games but it ended up being two games total...
Editor, An American historian once defined our national politics as the “systematic organization of hatreds.” Although this observation was made years ago, it is just as true today. In 2020, who you hate is who you are. Our parties today are largely driven by “tribal politics”, by what they are against, rather than what they are for. Political scientists call this phenomenon negative partisanship, and its dominance was on full display at both the Democratic and Republican conventions. The type of partisanship on display...
The historic Hugus-Ferguson Building will not be home to the Carbon County Museum anytime in the near future. Nearly seven years after the Board of Carbon County Commissioners (BOCCC) and the Carbon County Museum purchased the building, built in 1895, Museum Board President Ken Klouda informed the commissioners it wasn’t feasible to pursue the project. “You asked us for an update of where we are on the Ferguson Hugus (Hugus Ferguson) Building. I got on the museum board bec...
The process of expanding cell phone coverage in Carbon County began for Union Wireless on September 1 as four public hearings were held during a meeting of the Board of Carbon County Commissioners (BOCCC). All four conditional use permits, which are the first of many, were approved on a 3-2 vote. Before holding the public hearings, Deputy Zoning Administrator Kristy Rowan informed the commissioners that Union Wireless had requested a four year period in which they could leave...
A memorial service for Betty Everist Vyvey will be held at 1 p.m. on September 12 at Veterans Island in Saratoga. Donations can be made to Saratoga Volunteer Fire Department, Saratoga Senior Center or Platte Valley Helping Hands....
Around 11 a.m. on September 5, a few Hanna residents noticed smoke on the railroad tracks not far from the Hanna Basin Museum. Probst Electric (Probst) employees saw a small fire and took their water trucks to douse the blaze. Hanna Fire Department quickly came and, a little after noon, the fire was under control Hanna Marshal Jeff Neimark and Mayor Lois Buchanan were at the scene and were relieved the fire was not any danger to the town. They gave credit to the water trucks...