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By Joshua Wood On March 27, C.J. Box released "The Dissappeared," the 18th installment in the Joe Pickett series, which follows the exploits of the popular Wyoming Game and Fish warden. Newcomers and longtime fans of the series have often wondered when Pickett would get his own television show. To some it seemed only sensible considering the success of "Justified," based on books by Elmore Leonard, and "Longmire," based on the books by fellow Wyoming author Craig Johnson. Shortly before the...
This weekend marks the annual Woodchoppers’ Jamboree and, with it, the events that so many people have come to enjoy; chainsaw tosses, pole climbing, ax throws and melodramatic performances. When the saws are put away and the wood chips are done flying, a long-held tradition of the weekend is to head to the Grand Encampment Opera House to watch the melodrama put on by Valley thespians. This year, residents will be seeing , “He Lured Her to the Primrose Path but He was Nipped in the Bud,” Mary...
John R. Waggener, an archivist in the American Heritage Center at the University of Wyoming, is the author of "Snow Chi Minh Trail: The History of Interstate 80 between Laramie and Walcott Junction." The book is published by the Wyoming State Historical Society, a nonprofit, membership-driven educational organization. The subject matter is a 77 mile stretch of road that is known to many Wyoming residents for its volatile weather conditions that makes the highway very hazardous. Waggener was at...
The Platte Valley Arts Council is proud to present the "Frontier Brass Band", an ensemble associated with the 67th Wyoming National Guard Band. They will perform at 10 a.m. on Saturday, June 9 at the Saratoga Museum Pavilion. The eleven- piece band is a New Orleans style band playing second line standards to arrangements of today's top 40 hits. Taking its name from the black street parading tradition in which it was developed, second line rhythm has spread around the world through the music of...
What does a Wyoming girl with degrees in History and International Relations do after graduation? Pat Stuart parlayed them into a berth at the CIA. Wyoming author and former CIA officer, Pat Stuart, will relate "True Stories from the Espionage Wars" 7 p.m. May 10, in the Saratoga Library. She will present stories from her career, and that of her colleagues, demonstrating the role and utility of espionage in America's defense during the free public program sponsored by Saratoga Friends of the...
By Mike Armstrong Hanna Elementary was the setting for the global bluegrass ambassadors the Henhouse Prowlers as they held a music workshop April 9-10. After finishing up the workshop at the school on April 10, the band gave an evening public concert at the Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) High School auditorium in which grades K-6 participated. The band from Chicago has been together for 15 years, although one member, guitar player Chris Dollar, has only been with the group for a little...
The Carbon County Museum had a meet and greet for Steven Deniro, the new Executive Director, and offered a book signing by author C.J. Box starting at 5 p.m. and lasting until 8 p.m. on Thursday. Box and his wife, Laurie, signed a contract with the museum to do book signings once a year. In turn, the museum will be naming the bookstore in the new facility being built after the couple. Box signed copies of his new book, "The Disappeared," along with other copies of his books that the museum had...
On Friday morning, pool players gathered in the Platte Valley Community Center (PVCC) awaiting their table assignments to be announced. Some were fresh faced and ready to go while others were less so, having stayed up the night before to watch the end of the Pro-Am tournament. The green felt on the tables contrasted the blanket of snow forming outside, courtesy of one of Wyoming's signature spring storms. The Wyoming Open had officially begun. Entering its 11th year, the Wyoming Open has...
In what has been an expanding weekend, pool enthusiasts from the region and around the world will converge on Saratoga to play pool in what has been called by organizers, "the most popular pool event in the Rocky Mountain States." The period ranging from Thursday, April 5 to Sunday, April 8 will give pool players ranging from novices to professionals a chance at pots which have had $11,000 added to the entry-fee winnings total. The added money has been weighted according to class with $5,000...
The game “Saratoga” is a hybrid of 8-Ball and 9-Ball with a rotation of solids/stipes. You have either solids or stripes, but you must shoot them in rotational order from lowest number to highest number. The game is played with 6 solids (1-6), 6 stripes (1-6), and the winning black ball. • Run solids or stripes IN ORDER, then pocket the black ball to win • You have to hit lowest ball of your kind first (lowest of either one if open table) • Legal shots are as we are used to in order “ball-in-hand” leagues • This is a called pocket game • C...
Saratoga, population 1,671 souls, and elevation 6,785 feet, appeared spread out in front of him after he topped a long rise. The town was choked with cottonwoods and he could see a wide ribbon of river through the middle of it. The air shimmered over the hot stack of a lumber mill on the edge of the town. On Tuesday, March 27 game warden Joe Pickett returns home. So to speak. For his new book, "The Disappeared," New York Times bestselling author C.J. Box sets the story in the Platte Valley and...
The Lodge & Spa at Brush Creek Ranch announced they will host their annual “Valley Strong” concert fundraiser to benefit local charities at 7 p.m. Saturday, June 17 at the Platte Valley Community Center located at 210 W Elm Ave in Saratoga. This year’s concert will feature the Oak Ridge Boys, one of the most distinctive and recognizable quartets in Gospel and Country music. Tickets are now on sale at the Platte Valley Community Center Box Office in Saratoga. Prices are $60 each for general admission seats and $100 each for Premium seats. Payme... Full story
Devon Allman first came to Saratoga as a young musician who, through a random encounter in a Minneapolis bar, had chanced into a strange gig in a town he'd never heard about. It was 2006, and though Allman was the son of Gregg Allman, of Allman Brothers fame, Devon was still relatively unknown. Big Name, Small Town A little over a decade later, that's no longer true. As the Allman scion noted at a Nov. 25 private recital hosted by the Hotel Wolf, he has now cut nine albums and toured in 30... Full story
The Colorado country-inflected rockers Slopeside made good on the promise of their song "See You in Saratoga" Saturday night, April 30. The band was in town to play a three hour show at the Saratoga Resort and Spa, where a crowd of about 60 turned out to hear a wide-ranging, high-energy performance. "There are just really good people here – it brings us back every time," said keyboardist and guitarist Cody Culver about playing in the Valley. The band first toured in Saratoga five years ago a... Full story
Reprint of this story from the March 18, 1898 issue of The Grand Encampment Herald brought to you courtesy of Grandma’s Cabin, Encampment, Wyoming. Preserving History Serving the Community. And There Will Be Light In Grand Encampment Next Monday Night After April 6th there will be no more darkness in Grand Encampment. The Emerson Electric Light Co. will on the above date turn on their current and the town will have made one more stride in public Improvements which have already astonished the world and the doubting Thomases. Supt. Dobbins has h...
Reprint of this story from the February 12, 1904 issue of The Grand Encampment Herald brought to you courtesy of Grandma’s Cabin, Encampment, Wyoming. Preserving History - Serving the Community. ARRESTED FOR GAMING Three Saratoga Citizens Bound Over to District Court. Warrants were sworn out Saturday for the arrest of Johnson Rose, C. S. Taylor and George Rosenfelt, on a charge of gambling. Mrs. Mary E. Garrish preferred the charges. The case came up Monday at 10 o’clock a.m. for examination, before Judge Johnson. Affidavits for a change of...
1 years ago Feb. 17, 1916 Mine Becoming Wreck The Union Pacific Coal company is taking the final steps in the abandonment of its No. 1 mine at Rock Springs, once the greatest and yet the deepest colliery in the west. The machinery is being removed from the surface plant and that portion which it is not advisable to move is being broken to pieces with dynamite that the metal which it contains may be utilized. The workings of old No. 1 mine, which was abandoned because it became too deep for its product to be hoisted at a profit, are being...
Reprint of this story from the February 7, 1889 issue of The Platte Valley Lyre brought to you courtesy of Grandma’s Cabin, Encampment, Wyoming. Preserving History - Serving the Community. Platte Timber - An Encircling Belt 130 Miles Long and 12 Miles Wide Tributary to the great valley of the upper Platte is a timber growth which in magnitude, excellence, variety, and ease of access, is unsurpassed in the Great West. This timber growth follows the course of the mountain chains encircling the valley of the Platte and form a belt one hundred a...
“We have snow!” Alyson Sneddon, chair of the Sierra Madre Winter Carnival said excitedly of this year’s festival. Because mother nature has provided early and sustained snows in the bottom of the Valley, sled racing and human saucer bowling are back for the 2016 festivities. “Come on down and play,” Sneddon said. Over $2,500 in prize money is up for grabs this year for events like the treasure hunt, the Sixth Street Sprint, sledding, saucer bowling, snow golf, the bread cook-off and the chili...
1 years ago Jan. 27, 1916 Killed calf The following this week was received from H. D. Blydenburgh, of the Jack Creek Land and Cattle Co., which contains some very unusual information: We have just had an experience that we do not believe has ever happened to any other stockman in this valley. A short time ago we received a letter from a former resident of the valley, asking if we were owners of cattle bearing a certain brand, that ranged on Jack creek, twenty six years ago. We answered him that we were, and that we still used that brand on...
Reprint of this story from the January 19, 1900 issue of The Grand Encampment Herald brought to you courtesy of Grandma’s Cabin, Encampment, Wyoming. Preserving History - Serving the Community. J. G. Rankin Tells of The Greatness of The Wyoming Copper Belt The Denver Republican published the following in regard to Mr. Rankin’s recent visit to that city: James G. Rankin, an old pioneer and prospector, who drove the first stake in the great copper district of Grand Encampment, Wyo., is in the city having some samples of copper ore assayed whi...