Pages of the Past

100 years ago

June 3, 1926

The Indiana stone which had been holding up progress on the work at the Wyoming State Tuberculosis Sanatorium was shipped from Chicago on Tuesday. The foundations and footings are now completed and waiting for the stone. With the arrival of this stone work will begin in real earnest. The eighty radiators ordered for the building by C.E. Anderson, who has the contract for plumbing and heating, have arrived and are now on the ground.

Through a deal which was closed recently Ara Knisley sold his interest in the Antler’s ranch on Wood river turning the property back to its original owners, Ernest and William May, from whom he purchased it seven or eight years ago. 

Bert Morton reports that the Morton family had new potatoes out of their garden yesterday. We’ll say that new potatoes on June 2 is going some, but Bert is a good gardener and we know that he has a good assistant. But, how did they do it. 

75 years ago

May 31, 1951

Members of the Basin Junior chamber of Commerce were busy in George Washington Memorial Park Sunday erecting playground equipment. The unit, including a slide, swings, horizontal bar and teeter-totter, was purchased by the Armantine club for use by children of the community. In April the Jaycees dismantled the unit where it stood on the former St. Joe school grounds and brought it to Basin. The local high school vocational agriculture class under the direction of James Durkee, repaired and painted the equipment. 

Local students receiving degrees from the University of Wyoming include: Frederick Clements, Lucretia Hill and Charlotte Williamson.

50 years ago 

June 3, 1976

The Atwood Family this week placed in service a new Cadillac High-rise ambulance. Del Atwood returned with it last Wednesday from Minneapolis, Minn. The vehicle, capable of carrying two cots and still providing space for an attendant to work, provides the ultimate in patient care utilizing climate control to maintain a constant temperature in the patient compartment. It has rheostat controlled lighting and it equipped with two spotlights and a flood light that functions when the rear doors are open. 

State Farm agent Donald Massey of Basin has been named by the company as a member of its elite Legion of Honor. The newly formed Legion of Honor is an exclusive group, composed only of State Farm agents who have displayed the skills necessary to build a profitable business in their agencies and manage the business on the highest professional level. 

25 years ago

May 31, 2001

Low snow pack and dry conditions do not bode well for agriculture in the Big Horn Basin this summer. The situation is particularly serious in the Burlington/Emblem area, which draws its irrigation water from the Greybull River drainage. In that drainage the snow pack as of May 1 was only 31 percent of average. That is even lower than last year, which was a dry year. 

Doug Hamilton of Hyattville and Amanda Mullins of Manderson were among the University of Wyoming students receiving scholarships this spring.