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Dorman Ewing, of Saratoga, passed away on June 23, 2014 at the Deseret Health Care Center in Saratoga. Dorman James Ewing was born on Nov. 10, 1927 to Amos and Helen (Warner) Ewing in a ranch house east of Sundance, Wyo. When he was nine years old, the family moved to a ranch they bought on Houston Creek, west of Sundance, where he grew up. He attended rural Crook County Schools. When he was 17 years old, he enlisted in the United States Navy and was honorably discharged in 1946. He married...
Sunday morning, Encampment and Riverside volunteers worked together planting trees along WY Highway 70. The Encampment/Riverside Tree Beautification project was organized by Lee Ann Stephenson, after she noticed that the trees along Highway 70 had died. Stephenson who often walks along Highway 70 from Riverside to Encampment enjoys the bluebirds that fly in the area and wanted to improve their habitat and beautify the area along the highway. Trees had been planted in 1989 for the bicentennial....
Editor, I am writing to express support for the Lodging Tax, it’s Board of Directors and to clear up some apparent misinformation submitted by Leroy Stephenson in his letter to the editor on Thursday, June 19th. (Editor’s note: the letter was submitted to the Rawlins Daily Times and the Saratoga Sun. Since Stephenson is a candidate for mayor in Riverside, the Saratoga Sun is not printing the letter.) Before I begin, let me first disclose that I have previously served on the Carbon County Visitors Council (CCVC) Board of Directors (from mid-2008...
Reprint of this story from the June 27, 1902 issue of The Grand Encampment Herald brought to you courtesy of Grandma’s Cabin, Encampment, Wyoming. Preserving History - Serving the Community. Transportation Company Sells out to Prominent Cripple Creek Parties. Fred G. Grube and associates, of Cripple Creek, have purchased the entire holdings of the Encampment Improvement and Transportation Company, including the local barns, the transfer barns, teams wagons, sawmill, etc. The Transportation company has been operating here nearly three years, d...
The Town of Encampment passed the 2014/2015 budget on its third and final reading Thursday evening. The council also amended the 2013/2014 budget. The 2014/15 budget is balanced to reflect revenue and expenditures of $1,243,196.04. The council approved a $2 water rate increase, and to raise the irrigation rate. The irrigation rate increase went from $8 per irrigated lot for a year, to $10 per irrigated lot for a year. Also approved by the council was a $250 service contract for the Encampment...
Two new graduates from the South Central Wyoming Emergency Medical Service (SCWEMS) training program were announced at Thursday’s Riverside Town Council meeting. Helen Weiland, EMT and Encampment Station Manager for SCWEMS, said there were two graduates from Encampment who recently passed the EMT class. The two were Virginia Parker and Kelly Ralston. “They both passed their EMT and will be getting their EMT cards, so we have two new EMTs on our service,” Weiland said. “We’re so excited a...
In celebration of Arbor Day, Saratoga Elementary School students planted trees with the Saratoga-Encampment-Rawlins Conservation District (SERCD) Wyoming Game and Fish (WGFD) and Wyoming State Forestry Divsion last Friday. Students and teachers, alongside officials from the SERCD, WGFD, forestry division and town of Saratoga, were also celebrating the 10th year Saratoga achieved "Tree City USA" status. Saratoga Recreation Department Director Lisa Burton helped organize a field trip to Saratoga...
Riverside Town Council members were reminded of general elections coming up while at Thursday’s town council meeting. Town Clerk/Treasurer Jan Cook said the filing period for people interested in running for office positions in the general election is May 15-30. For the placement of a new generator, the council approved a bid from Prairie Dog Electric out of Saratoga. The bid was in the dollar amount of $5,248.58. Council members also discussed a tree beautification project along Highway 70. ...
The Encampment Town Council expressed excitement for the 19th annual Encampment/Riverside Cow Pie Open golf tournament, coming to town June 7. Jim McKinney, who coordinates the Cow Pie Open, asked if the council could help with another monetary donation for the local tourney. Unlike many golf tournaments, the Cow Pie Open takes place at a cow pasture, where 10 buckets serving as golf course holes are set into the ground. McKinney said last year’s open raised around $3,000 for Saratoga’s charter...
Reprint of this story from the May 2, 1906 issue of The Grand Encampment Herald brought to you courtesy of Grandma’s Cabin, Encampment, Wyoming. Preserving History - Serving the Community. ON BEAVER CREEK News of the Promising Properties in the Vicinity of Downington The town of Downington, Wyo., ten miles east of Grand Encampment, is considerably stirred up over the recent discoveries in Beaver Creek Canon, a couple of miles from town. Mineral has been uncovered in a number of places showing good values in copper and gold. One group c...
Veterans Island Park will not be closed just yet Saratoga Mayor John Zeiger said at the April 15 Saratoga Town Council meeting. “With the high water, we are not going to begin work as soon as we had hoped. So we are probably talking July now. It will remain open unless the water starts flowing over,” Zeiger said. Previously, Saratoga Town Engineer Chuck Bartlett projected that the park would be closed mid-April to install the abutments for the pedestrian bridge project. The project itself wou... Full story
After more than a year-and-a-half, the computer problem that kept Encampment’s police department from accessing critical law enforcement information has been resolved. During Thursday’s Encampment Town Council meeting, Encampment Police Chief Grayling Wachsmuth announced that the Spillman Technologies Incorporated-based software application database, which keeps track of law enforcement activities across multiple jurisdictions, was finally working on his end. The Encampment Police Dep...
With potential flooding looming in the Platte Valley, Riverside Town Council members were reminded of upcoming meetings to help prepare for such a disaster. Carbon County Emergency Management Coordinator John Zeiger told the council Thursday evening he would be holding “pre-planning flood meetings” soon in Saratoga and Baggs. The first one is at 5 p.m. April 29, Valley Community Center in Baggs. The second meeting takes place at 10 a.m. May 1 at Saratoga Town Hall. According to NOAA State Hydrol...
Saratoga Town Hall was filled with young faces at the April 1 town council meeting. More than a dozen students from Saratoga Middle/High School (SMHS) met with the council and the mayor to propose changes to the 2014 Saratoga Cancer Walk. Heather Oxford, SMHS student, asked the council if the Cancer Walk could go through downtown Saratoga this year. “We were thinking this year that we could move it downtown, we could get more people interested and participating,” Oxford said. The proposed change...
2 years ago April 10, 1913 Ferris making reputation According to the Los Angeles Times, Ralph Ferris is putting Rawlins on the map, by claiming to be a citizen of Rawlins and cutting up capers in Los Angeles that would do credit to a citizen of a good big town. However, if Rawlins is keeping up with his reported capers they do not feel any too elated over the stunts that young speed maniac is pulling off. Of course we are not blaming Rawlins, with his being a citizen of that city. The Times says that Ferris was again arrested for speeding...
The 12th Annual Grand Encampment Cowboy Gathering will be held July 18-20 in Encampment features activities ranging from a stick horse rodeo and Dutch oven cookoff to cowboy music and poetry. “The Encampment School is undergoing maintenance this summer, which means we have moved the Saturday Show to the Grand Encampment Opera House,” said Steve Moulton, President of the Cowboy Outfit. “It is a good location, but does not have as much seating, so we urge people to pay their memberships and get their tickets early as we expect this show to sell...
A computer problem that occurred at Saratoga Town Hall more than a year ago is still disallowing Encampment’s police department real-time access to a law enforcement database. The software application, a system created by the Salt Lake City-based Spillman Technologies Inc., is a database that keeps track of law enforcement activities across multiple jurisdictions, making police work in the field and required paperwork easier. According to Spillman Technologies, the brand’s police software off...
The Encampment Town Council approved $50 for Encampment’s Jr./Sr. Prom for their March 29 post-prom activities. Council member Doreen Harvey said 2014 was a productive year for the Sierra Madre Winter Carnival. She said a new chairperson for the three-day winter festival, which has been going strong locally since 1988, would need to be put into place this summer. “They wound up with a $57.93 surplus budget after all the events, and we had great participation,” Harvey said. “Susan Munson is resi...
Talk of the upcoming Sierra Madre Muzzleloaders Mountainman Rendezvous Thursday evening got Encampment Town Council members excited for summer. Josh Saier, President of the Sierra Madre Muzzleloaders Rifle Club, asked the council Thursday for use of the land near the Grand Encampment Museum (GEM), and a regular contribution for the Mountainman Rendezvous. The American Old West-style shooting and throwing competition would take place July 25-27 this year. Council members approved use of the...
Council member Leroy Stephenson informed the Riverside Town Council at their regular town council meeting Thursday that Heidi Sifford was named the new coordinator of the South Central Wyoming Emergency Services (SCWEMS). This is a paid position, Stephenson told the Saratoga Sun in a later interview. Members of the town council were reminded of the Encampment/Riverside dog clinic taking place in February at Encampment Town Hall. Riverside Town Clerk Jan Cook said the dog clinic would take place...
With local holiday season festivities all wrapped up, Encampment Town Council members were looking forward to more winter fun with the Sierra Madre Winter Carnival. Earlier in Thursday’s town council meeting, council members discussed and approved the prize money for the carnival’s events. Also approved, and brought up by Doreen Harvey, was an agreement signed with Bill Saulcy, which would release him of liability if something happened during the snow sculpture contest. The Sierra Madre Win...
The town of Encampment had a short council meeting Thursday, covering winter street cleanup and the Emergency Water Supply Project. Ken Schwerdt from PMPC gave an update on a roll-up door that was part of the Emergency Water Supply Project, and intended to load in bigger pieces of equipment. The water supply project was completed in September. “At the last meeting we talked about the door not sealing very well, but the door is installed properly, so I don’t see an issue with the ins...
The Encampment Town Council expressed economic excitement Thursday when it learned a new business may be coming. Alyson Sneddon, owner and president of Wind Swept Accounting and Tax Services, told the town council she wanted to rent the retail space, which sat vacant after Aunt Martha’s This ’n That closed last May. Sneddon had already provided the council with a letter of intent and business plan for the space, located directly next to Encampment Town Hall, and said she would sublease it for... Full story
A bid for window and roof work on the old town hall was approved at last Thursday’s Riverside Town Council meeting. The town council approved a bid from High Plains Foam in Encampment to put in new windows and perform roof work for the old Riverside Town Hall building. Council member Leroy Stephenson said work on the window portion of the project should begin as soon as possible. “They’ll be doing the windows as soon as they can, and doing the roof in the spring or early summer if they can f... Full story
For as long as Saratoga’s Mayor John Zeiger can remember, council members have had a place on town boards as voting members, and that has never been a problem. Currently, every Saratoga Town Council member serves on a board, and most boards have a council representative. “It’s just been a practice ever since I have been here,” said Saratoga Town Clerk Suzie Cox. According to one board member, however, the council representative trend needs to change. Planning Commission member Chris Shannon...