Waxing historic

The Hanna Elementary (HES) 4th grade class recently presented to the school and community a human wax museum centering on past residents who had lived in either Hanna or Carbon.

Fourth grade teacher Sara Jones said the students researched their spoken material and pictures used on their display boards from several sources. Using the internet they went to ancestry.com; findagrave.com; hannabasinmuseum.com; and the trib.com. They also used such books as

"Carbon: The first Coal Mining Town" by Daniel Kinnamin; "History of Union Pacific Coal Mines:1868-1940

"; "My Mother's Story" by Margaret Karst...