Encampment to Steamboat Springs road, boy drowns at hatchery, plans for Encampment museum, game warden transferred

100 Years Ago

Oct. 15, 1914

Above we print the cut of the proposed 35 miles of road to connect us with Denver. This route is from Encampment to within 15 miles of Steamboat Springs, Colo., and is one of the very best routes in the west for fishing, hunting, business, pleasure or through travel. This road will be built with the aid of the government forest service, Routt county, Colorado, and Carbon county, Wyo. This 35 miles will cost about $20,000. which will make the expense of Carbon county about $10,000, and for this tax a 1-mill levy tax has been put upon the ballot to be voted for at the November election, and which should not escape the attention of every voter in Carbon county.

75 Years Ago

Oct. 19, 1939

A tragedy occurred this noon at the Federal Fisheries Station near Saratoga when the small son of Mr. and Mrs. Earnest F. Beseman while playing about the grounds, fell into on of the open fish-rearing ponds. The child was about two and a half years old.

It was believed that the child was in the water but a short time before being rescued, and he was rushed to town immediately. Every effort was made to resuscitate the boy, but without success.

Mr. Besseman, who is an apprentice fish culturalist at the hatchery, was transferred here from Watertown, Wis., early last month, and brought his family here at that time.

50 Years Ago

Oct. 15, 1964

Possibility of a museum in Encampment was brought closer to reality when the town purchased the Propst property with a view of preserving historical materials for nucleus of a future museum.

A committee working in conjunction with the town council has sorted out historical items and will offer other articles at public auction Oct. 21. Proceeds from the sale will go to museum fund.

According to Mrs. Bert Oldman, committee member, :It is the hope of the committee that from this small beginning, Encampment may be able to build a fire proof building to house a museum. We realize this isn’t much of a beginning, but it is a start.”

25 Years Ago

Oct. 18, 1989

Gary Brown has spent most of his career as a Game Warden with the Wyoming Game and Fish Department in the Platte Valley Area and he said he has real mixed emotions about leaving.

“I really enjoy Saratoga and the Platte Valley. There’s a tremendous amount of wildlife here and the people really appreciate it and are concerned about it. That’s unusual anymore,” Brown said.

Brown has accepted a position as the supervisor of District No. 2 and will be moving to Cody with his family Nov. 1.

Brown and his wife, Martie, came to Saratoga and the Platte Valley 1 years ago. At that time, Brown had been a Game Warden for three and one-half years, having spent one year in the Green River area and tow and one-half years in the Cheyenne area.