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Encampment K-12 School kicked off homecoming week with a pep assembly on Monday morning to show off the different dress up days to the students. The classes also watched a video about the Make-A-Wish Foundation. The Penny Wars end today. The the classes compete to raise money for the Wyoming chapter of the Make-A-Wish Foundation. The students were told during the assembly that the winning class of the Penny Wars will get to throw pies at three of the faculty. If the school...
Reprint of this story from the Feb. 5, 1904 issue of The Grand Encampment Herald brought to you courtesy of Grandma's Cabin, Encampment, Wyoming. Preserving History - Serving the Community. Herewith is presented in halftone cut, showing the newly constructed Fowler M. E. Church at Grand Encampment. This is the city's first church building. The first preaching services were held in this building on Sunday, December 20, 1903. The dimensions of the building are 32x60 feet and 20...
The Wyoming Film Office is seeking submissions for the Wyoming Short Film Contest. Film makers can submit their videos online at www.wyomingshortfilmcontest.com by April 2, 2015. A $25,000 grand prize will be awarded to the winning entry with a storyline that takes place in Wyoming, features Wyoming or presents the state as a major character. Film Office Representative Colin Stricklin explains the contest’s origins saying, “We wanted to give something back to the film-making community in Wyoming. A lot of our energy is spe...
The Saratoga Historical and Cultural Association (SH&CA) is hosting the second annual wine tasting event from 6 to 8 p.m., Friday in the west lobby of the Platte Valley Community Center. Local restaurants and businesses will feature hors d’oeuvres to compliment wine offered at their establishments, SH&CA board president Liz Wood said. The event is co-sponsored by Valley Foods and Liquor, Saratoga Resort and Spa, Bella’s Bistro, Offero LLC, Lollypop’s, Sweet Marie’s Bakeshop, Hotel Wolf, Duke’s Bar and Grill and Platte Ri...
Zombie prep should never be left to the last minute - unless you happen to like the taste of brains for dinner. Teens ages 11-17 will learn how to prepare for an upcoming Zombie Apocalypse 11a.m. to 1p.m., Feb. 6 at the Saratoga Library. Training will include Zombie Makeup–Camouflage yourself amongst the undead; Defensive Training–Use the library as your fortress, arm yourself and protect it and Starburst Body Parts–Make juicy treats for yourself and your zombie friends. For more information, contact Kendra Graham at 307-3...
The Saratoga and Encampment Libraries are planning events that have to do with love for the month of February. “Blind Date with a Book” is planned for the Saratoga Library Feb. 9-12 during regular hours. The library staff is hoping that readers will be ready to fall in love with a new read, since it’s the month for love and have several great books picked out for readers to take on a blind date. “Book Speed Dating” will take place at both libraries. From 3:15 to 4 p.m., Feb. 10 at the Encampment Library, teens can attend a...
Reprint of this story from the January 22, 1904 issue of The Grand Encampment Herald brought to you courtesy of Grandma’s Cabin, Encampment, Wyoming. Preserving History - Serving the Community. FROM LARAMIE TO ENCAMPMENT Building of “Copper Belt Route” to Encampment Assured The Laramie Hahn’s Peak & Pacific railway, or “The Copper Belt Route” will be built from Laramie to Grand Encampment, crossing a variety of scenic country rarely surpassed in a trip around the world and tapping a virgin territory of diversified resources o...
Sierra Madre Winter Carnival organizer Alyson Sneddon is hoping for people to do snow dances this week. The lack of snow has made the Sierra Madre Winter Carnival a bit of a challenge for the past several years. “Get your snow dance shoes on and pray for snow,” Sneddon said. Sneddon, who volunteered to take over the event last spring said she has made changes because of the lack of snow and in some cases lack of participants. The Snow Sculpture contest has been scrapped becaus...
1 Years Ago Jan. 14, 1915 D. E. Windsor has just completed putting into commission his new electric light plant. This plant is located on a part of his resident property close to the center of town. The new plant consists of two 25 h.p. oil engines, one 20 kilowatt and one 15 kilowatt dynamos, and the two machines run from one exciter. This makes a fine, neat clean, little plant and will prove to be a saver in running expense to some extent. 75 Years Ago Jan. 11, 1940 Wyoming is “mineral wealthy.” The state’s mineral conte...
Reprint of this story from the December 30, 1904 issue of The Grand Encampment Herald brought to you courtesy of Grandma’s Cabin, Encampment, Wyoming. Preserving History - Serving the Community. Martin Farrell, agent for the Dixie Clothing Co., was “up against the real thing” from Sunday afternoon until Tuesday night. He left Encampment Sunday noon on horseback, headed for the Carbon Timber Co.’s headquarters east of Hog Park, carrying six suits of clothes to be delivered at the tie camp. Frank White, the stage driver,...
Amid the week after Christmas, piles of wrapping in bags, shiny paper and boxes in trash with the tags. Sad little scissors sit broken and bent, from clamshell packaging--they don’t make a dent. The lights are still sparkly, still light up the town, but pretty soon work begins in taking them down. Kids run around ‘cause they’re still out of schools, having a good old time while acting the fools. But the tots are forlorn from here to Hoboken, Christmas is gone and their new t...
Saratoga native, Sam Platts, and his band, The Kootenai Three, will headline a family-oriented New Year’s Eve dance at the Platte Valley Community Center. The event, sponsored by the Valley Service Organization, had a similar dance party before Christmas last year. The dance will be held from 7 to 10 p.m., Dec. 31 in the Great Hall at PVCC. VSO members will serve heavy hors d’oeuvres for the party. The Bear Trap will provide a cash bar, which will also serve soft drinks. Tickets will be sold at the door; children under 12...
If you are lucky, you may go home with a piece of Saratoga history, or a vacation in St. Croix, Saturday night at the Platte Valley Community Center (PVCC). A round oak table, used in the Palace Hotel Dining Room, has been donated to the seventh annual Platte Valley Community Center Foundation’s fundraiser auction. In 1903-1904, the Palace became the second hotel built in Saratoga. The table was in the hotel’s dining room until 1936. The hotel, established by Charles and Bar...
Ballet Emmanuel, a Colorado Springs, Colo.-based Christian Ballet company, treated an audience to the world of inspirational dance at the Platte Valley Community Center Sunday evening. The night began with three Christian-themed choreographed dance performances featuring local Platte Valley children aged 4 and up. The girls, separated into three age groups, learned their dances during special workshops earlier that Sunday. The Ballet Emmanuel dancers, Erin Benson, Alyssa Schne...
From contemporary-music ballads to two-minute piano stanzas, several local youth entertained audiences at the Stars of Tomorrow Talent Show on Sunday. Nine different children, ranging from second grade to high schools, showed off their musical talents at the Platte Valley Christian Center. The show, put on by the Platte Valley Kiwanis, aims to help youth work on their talents and emphasize the importance of fine arts. "It's an opportunity for kids to work on their talents,"...
A former resident of Saratoga is taking his talents to the Europe this spring. Saratoga Middle/High school graduate Garry Wood and his wife Mirthe Bolhuis are headed to the Netherlands starting a two-month tour. Dubbing themselves the "Bird and the Bear," the Folk/Americana duo said that though they have several shows lined up in Holland and Germany, their trip did not start out as a tour at all. "We originally planned the entire trip as time off basically," Garry said. "We...
When Virginia Parker took her first official tour of the Saratoga Museum, she came in ready to share her knowledge. She examined the diorama of Indians hunting buffalo explaining the materials the early natives used to create their spears. Then, she moved on to the basement, depicting where the family would sit in a Victorian living room. In the attic of the museum, Parker found an artifact that really caught her attention. It was a quilt - with the signatures of several...
