Pages of the Past

25 years ago

October 6, 1999

Long time publishers Eric and Linda Adams this week announced the sale of the Basin Republican Rustler to David and Susan Peck. The sale also includes the Greybull Standard, the weekly newspaper serving Basin’s sister community eight miles to the north. The ownership change will bring to an end two decades of newspapering in south Big Horn County by the Adamses. The couple bought the Republican Rustler in 1979 and the Greybull Standard in 1994. David and Susan Peck have been publishers of the Lovell Chronicle for 15 years. 

50 years ago

October 10, 1974

Mrs. George Brown, third vice president of the Wyoming Federation of Woman’s Clubs, addressed members of the Basin Rotary Club at their weekly luncheon last Thursday. Introduced by B.P. Irwin, Mrs. Brown discussed the activities and goals of Woman’s Clubs. 

Messrs. and Mmes. Tom Mercer and Martin were in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada to visit her sister and family, the Tom Wilkersons, formerly of Greybull. En-route they visited with other Angus breeders. They were accompanied by her mother, Mrs. Margaret Michelina of Shell. 

The officers for F.H.A. this year are Jackie Olson, Nancy Eckerdt, Patricia Brown, Ann Zaring, Janet Winterholler, Debbie Davis and Barbara Graham. 

75 years ago

October 6, 1949

C.J. Deveraux moved to Basin this week and opened a law office on the second floor of the Hyde-Anderson building to become the second attorney to practice in Basin within the last two weeks. 

Construction of a display case to house gifts made to the residents of Big Horn County by the people of France began this week. Frank T. Brigham is building the case in the outer lobby of the Big Horn County courthouse where the presentations will remain on public view. 

Alvin Shores narrowly escaped death last Thursday afternoon when the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy passenger No. 30 struck a 1931 diamond T truck, just north of Basin. Mr. Shores, the driver of the truck owned by R.L. Henderson, was uninjured. 

The school has announced that negotiations are in progress by which school district No. 17 will lease five acres of land for the purpose erecting livestock feeding facilities. 

100 years ago

October 9, 1924

The Rustler insists that Big Horn County must, in its present dilemma, cut the overhead—eliminate every item of expense that can be eliminated as any practical business man would do if he found business slumping. Big Horn County needs conservative and careful management as it never did before. All over the nation, the cry goes up that the tax burden must be cut and, in the face of it, it continues to go higher. The way to cut the tax burden is to quit spending the people’s money. 

The Rustler was in error last week in stating that Phillip Hartman and his gang of beet harvesters were getting the crop to the dump at the rate of 16 tons a day. The correct amount is 60 tons daily.