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For nearly as long as cattle have grazed along the plains of Wyoming, so to have sheep. While cattle has been king in the Platte Valley, for many years the sheep industry was largely influential in the neighboring Little Snake River Valley. On August 15, the Little Snake River Museum officially unveiled the newest addition to their grounds; the MacPherson Sheep Center. The nearly palatial barn houses five sheep wagons donated to the Little Snake River Museum by Saratoga reside...
Kristen Elizabeth Grainger and Mr. Randon George Kruse were married on August 1, 2020 at the Grainger Bridal Bridge in Saratoga, Wyoming with Tommy Pollack officiating. The tented reception followed along Cadwell Creek. Kristen is the daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Grainger of Saratoga. She is a graduate of the University of Richmond with a degree in Economics. She is currently working on developing Westbound Place & Co in Denver, Colorado. Randon is the son of Robert and...
On July 24-27 there was some digging going on in Hanna and it wasn't by AML. LTA, Inc., an archeological company out of Laramie, came to the historic mining town to see what they could uncover in an area that was known back in the day as "Jap-town". LTA comes at the request of AML. "It is an outgrowth of a grouting program AML is doing," Larson said. "It was determined the grouting itself was not going to do a lot of disturbance to any of above ground property. They went...
The Little Snake River Museum in Savery, Wyoming is requesting people not to be sheepish about gathering as they hold the grand opening of a new museum display. Thanks to donations from John and Cathy MacPherson, the museum will be revealing the new William “Billy” MacPherson Sheep Center next week. According to a press release from the Little Snake River Museum, there will be several speakers during the event along with music and other demonstrations. The day after the grand opening, a vehicle trek hosted by the museum wil...
The size of the Grand Encampment Museum (GEM) in Encampment and the Little Snake River Museum (LSRM) in Savery surprise visitors. Although there is a main building where visitors start in both museums, GEM and LSRM are actually a collection of buildings that have artifacts displayed in all. Both have houses that have furniture from days of past that give the visitor a real taste of what it was like to live in these communities 100 years ago. The Grand Encampment Museum Carbon...
In 2009, the late Stephen Hawking threw a Time Traveler’s Party. The most curious part about this event is that Hawking sent the invitations out after the party as an experiment to determine if time travel was possible. While, at the moment, backwards time travel is only possible in books and movies, there is a way for forward time travel. The Saratoga Historical and Cultural Association (Saratoga Museum) is providing a way for current area residents to send a bit of themselves into the future with the creation of a 2020 Time...
In 1870, 50 years before the 19th amendment gave women the right to vote in the United States, Louisa Swain cast the first historic ballot for the general election in Laramie. She was able to vote because of a law passed the year prior in the Wyoming territory giving women over the age of 21 the right to vote and to hold public office. There were actually 93 women that voted that day, but Swain is the only name recorded. Also in 1870, Esther Hobart Morris became the first...
Editor's note: This is the first in a series on museums in Carbon County. There are seven museums in Carbon County. Some have been around for decades and others are still fairly new. It takes time, vision, fund raising and motivated founders to make these cultural institutions come to life. The newest museum in the county is the Elk Mountain Museum. It was established in 2014. "I have always wanted a museum here," Bill Jones, one of the founders said. "I started collecting...
When one walks onto the ground of the Grand Encampment Museum (GEM), it is difficult not to feel like one is being transported back in time or to the movie set of an old western. Old storefronts, cabins and liveries are immediately visible, all are connected by a boardwalk. The various structures, now neighbors, all had some part to play in the history of the Encampment area. While there is certainly a wealth of information on these structures during normal tour hours, during...
“One of the new events we have this year are the mini-buckers and mini-bulls on Friday night,” Julie Webb, Carbon County Fair administrator said. “It will start at 7 p.m.” The Carbon County Fair will be held between August 1-8, and although there are some The theme for the 94th annual Fair is “Born in a Barn”. This year the Grand Marshall of the Fair will be FFA and 4-H graduating seniors from the Carbon County school system. Webb said another event that is new is the tractor...
While pie in the sky ideas are, by definition, impossible to attain it will be much easier for Saratoga residents to get pie in July. As long as they give one of the most precious gifts a person can give. The Knights of Columbus recently announced their July blood drive which is scheduled to take place next Tuesday at St. Ann’s Parish Hall. The blood drive, in cooperation with Vitalant (formerly United Blood Services), will include a slice of fresh, home baked pie for all donors. This year, according to the press release, t...
The Hanna Agricultural Resources Team (HART) had their July monthly meeting at 5 p.m. on July 6 at the Community Garden. This is the second summer meeting for the group. The attendees looked over the gardens that are being cultivated by the different members. Most of the beds are thriving. At the meeting Perry Goodrich, chairman of HART, talked about getting a new pump for the garden and suggested acquiring a small trailer for the group. It was put forth by Linda Goodrich that...
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Grainger are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Lauren Lee, to Jason Michael Peters, son of Mrs. Janet Ebeling and Mr. James Peters of Minneapolis, MN and Phoenix, AZ. Lauren and Jason were engaged on the 4th of July on the 18th green at the Old Baldy Club. The wedding will take place in 2021 in Saratoga, Wyoming....
"All these people that are in the front to see the Kitchen Dwellers are called 'Dishwashers'," said Anna Schaffer, Casper Star- Tribune copy editor and fan of the band featured at Saratoga Days. "People here have come from Oregon, Montana, Colorado, all over the country." According to Schaffer there is a Facebook page dedicated to the fans of the Kitchen Dwellers known as the 'Dishpit' and the fans named themselves the 'Dishwashers'. Schaffer was excited to see the band in...
Like so many other events throughout the summer that have fallen victim to statewide restrictions due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the 5th Annual Festival of the Arts was unable to take place over the July 4 weekend. Though organizer Laura Morrow, owner of Laura M's Gallery in Saratoga, waited as long as she could, a decision finally had to be made. "We made it about two weeks before the show. I pushed it out as far as I possibly could, hoping that the governor would...
The Hanna Parks and Recreation board met at 4:30 p.m. on July 1 at the Hanna Recreation Center. All board members were present except Jon Ostling. There is currently an open seat on the board, but enough members were present for a quorum. Hanna mayor Lois Buchanan was also in attendance. The agenda and the minutes for the June 3 meeting were approved quickly. Director Vivian Gonzales told the board that the opening of the recreation center in mid July had been successful. She...
The Fossil Cabin Museum is getting ready for its move in the manner of a turtle, very slowly. There may even be a fossil bone from this type of reptile built into the house somewhere. Medicine Bow Museum Director Sharon Biamon can't wait to have the Fossil Cabin to come to the museum to actually see all the different ancient bones and fossils that make up the structure. So far she has waited two summers. The house was built as a tourist attraction next to a gas station owned...
After 20 years serving as postmaster for the Hanna Post Office Debbie Dancik-Paxton is retireing on July 2. Hanna was not her first assignment. She started with the post office nearly 40 years ago. "I started with the post office in Denver in 1986," Dancik-Paxton said. "I came to live with my father for the summer and saw an ad in the paper to take a postal test, I took the test and was hired." Dancik-Paxton said she was 20 years old at the time and was happy to have a steady...
Dedicating their head, heart, hands and health (4-H) Deanna Maul of Campbell County and Marquita McNees of Carbon County have received 4-H Salute to Excellence Awards. Nominators said both share qualities of inspiration and leadership to young 4-H'ers. County 4-H programs each year can nominate two individual volunteers to receive these awards. Four regional winners are chosen in each award category and from those, one state winner is identified. "Volunteers are the heart of...
On Wednesday June 17, 2020 Citizens Organized to see Violence Ended (COVE) held a meet and greet for volunteers. The turn out was better than expected with not only volunteers from Rawlins, but Saratoga as well. COVE has not had volunteers for the past 13 years and is looking for people to help out. COVE is a non-profit organization that was started back in the 1980s to help all of Carbon County with advocates for domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking. The...
The Hanna Agricultural Resource Team (HART) met at 9 a.m. on June 13 at the Hanna Basin Museum to work on the historical tea garden the group had offered to create for the museum. Members Linda Goodrich and Rose Dabbs have looked at compiled lists of flowers and pictures of English gardens that were once common in Hanna during the turn of the 20th century over the past year. The Hanna Basin Museum had asked HART to put in an English garden at the cottage back in the summer of...
by Mike Armstrong "Its wonderful," Carbon County historian Nancy Anderson exclaimed about the new Lora Webb Nichols exhibit at the Grand Encampment Museum (GEM). "It is very informative and beautifully done." Anderson currently lives in Nichols' house and has been presenting GEM with artifacts of the Valley's famous photographer over the years. "It captures her essence," Anderson said. "There is even a blue wall. She loved blue." Tim Nicklas, GEM museum director, is the force...
Editor's note: This story originally ran June 20, 2018 On June 15, 1918 the end of World War I was approaching. The University of Wyoming had just announced it would no longer be teaching German as a foreign language, following the lead of many other institutes of higher learning in the United States. The Austrians, at the behest of the Germans, began an offensive along the Piave River in Italy that they would not be able to hold. Also, on that day, Lyle Makinen was welcomed...
The Tale of Two Cities disc golf event this past weekend in Encampment and Riverside had 52 contestants this year. This was the largest amount of competitors in the Mother Mountain Anglers (MMA) event that is in its fourth year. The MMA club was founded with this concept in mind;. MMA is a non-profit that started out as a fishing club, but disc golf has taken over. "Disc Golf has definitely grown in our valley in the last four years!," said Shannon Fagan-Craig. Craig, a...
The staff of the City of Rawlins is sad to announce that the Music in the Park concert series dates for June will not be held: June 18th and 25th. After review of the current Statewide Public Heath Order for events as well as discussions with local health officials, city staff have recognized that we cannot safely meet all of the requirements at this time. As new orders are released, staff will reassess. We hope to be able to hold the additional six planned Music in the Parks as scheduled. While updates to the Statewide...