Pages of the Past

100 years ago

March 18, 1926

At a meeting of the State Board of Charities and Reform at Cheyenne on Tuesday the contract for the construction of the new Wyoming State Tuberculosis Sanatorium was let to Messrs. Larsen and Jorgensen of Casper. Their bid was $81,440.00. This price does not include the elevator, which will be arranged later and will run  the total price up to about $110,000. Mr. Wm. Dubois, the architect, and Mr. G. Kulien, vice president of the Larsen & Jorgensen Co., will be here next week to stake off the site of the building and to begin the actual work on the building. 

Dr. Harris & Harris report the birth of a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Mills, who live on the former Wheeler ranch on the Greybull. 

Mr. McCoy, the Basin-Burlington mailman, is making his regular trips now with a team and wagon which seems to be the most popular mode of travel just now. The roads are in such terrible shape that it is impossible to get over them with a car. 

75 years ago

March 15, 1951

Seven Big Horn County men have received orders from the selective service system to report for induction March 27 to fill the county’s March quota. The seven are Leslie Earl McCoy of Burlington, William H. Cowan of Basin, Jay H Crain of Hyattville, Ivan J Brown, Frank R. Scharen, Robert D Bentley and Donald E Brown, all of Greybull. 

Mr. Alfred Triplett, who purchased the E&D café from Mr. and Mrs. Ed Schmeltzer, assumed active management of the establishment Saturday. 

The Burlington High School Future Farmers of America livestock judging team scored 4,036 points out of a possible 5,500 to win first place in the three-day annual invitational livestock judging contest which ended Saturday. The Basin High School F.F.A. team took second with 4,017 points. 

50 years ago

March 18, 1976

A group of Basin High School students left last week on a trip that would take them to points of national historical interest in New York City, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. The group included: Shelly Gish, Jay Cross, Jody Newton, Dick Mockler, Heidi Zans, Kristi Johnson, Jim Royal, Peggy Winterholler, Terry Triplett, Scott Royal, Kay Scoggins, Ellen Flitner (of Greybull), Dana Stoelk, Dawn Cross, Tracy Cross and Mr. and Mrs. C.J. Rae, chaperones for the trip. 

Mr. and Mrs. John Hopkin have sold their farm adjoining Otto to Mr. and Mrs. Dale Achiziger of Worland.

25 years ago

March 15, 2001

As the new Big Horn County jail takes shape, steps are being taken to keep the cost if the facility within the county’s available budget. Rick Nelson of Groathouse Construction, the primary contractor on the project, reported that the outside walls of the jail are beginning to go up, and that sometime in May the cells will be installed. After that, the roof will be put on the building. The county commission, Groathouse Construction and Plan I Architects are working together to find ways to bring the cost down from $6,078,125 to $6 million, the amount budgeted for the facility.