Pages of the Past

100 years ago
December 13, 1923
The fourth car of honey was shipped out of Basin on Saturday last. When Mr. A.D. Hardy of Powell came over and assisted Orin Perry of Burlington and the Winters brothers of Otto in getting a carload started for New Jersey. At least one more car remains in this section and this well be shipped within the next few days.
Messrs. Clarence Gardner and Joe Wheeler this week received 650 head of hogs in Basin. They are to be shipped to Broken Bow, where Gardner is feeding. Mr. F.J. Sims came in this week with 150 head of hogs which he drove from Burlington. It took four days. He will go with Gardner to Broken Bow and feed for him this winter.
75 years ago
December 10, 1948
A capacity crowd filled the Basin High School auditorium Tuesday evening to attend the junior class play. The cast included: Betty English, Ethel Parkin, Joan Dean, Virginia Paumer, Ronald Gibler, Charlotte Riedl, David Kost, Darlene Paumer, Miles Bennett, Walter Johnston and Ray Williams.
Action was started Monday night to prepare an ice-skating pond for the recreation of Basin residents Monday night when representatives of the Basin Junior Chamber of Commerce met with the town council. The Jaycees offered the town any assistance their members might be called upon to perform in bringing the pond into existence. The vacant block between Seventh and Eight streets in the northern section of Basin was examined this week.
J.M. Olsen, caretaker of Basin public schools, was appointed town marshal Monday night by action of the town council. He fills the vacancy created by the death Friday morning of A.G. (Al) Metzler. Mr. Metzler served as town marshal from August 2, 1943, until his death.
50 years ago
December 13, 1973
Shad McKim, son of Mr. and Mrs. Allen McKim, suffered a fractured collar bone and is recuperating. He is a year and a half old.
Bean prices paid to farmers continue to soar to record heights. Tuesday morning the quotations for Great Northerns and pintos were $30 and $24 cwt. (hundred weight)
A Burlington Northern freight train derailed in Sheep Canyon late Saturday afternoon, blocking traffic on the line for nearly 20 hours. Ten cars of a northbound freight left the rails about 5 p.m. Saturday. Two of the cars were partially submerged in the Big Horn River. All were loaded with grain. Two cars of a Burlington Northern train were derailed in Basin on Thanksgiving day.
25 years ago
December 10, 1998
The board of trustees for Big Horn County School District #4 elected Linda Harp to another term as chairman Tuesday might at their yearly reorganizational meeting. Harp, who split the chairman of the board duties this year with Mike Dellos, narrowly defeated Dellos for sole possession of the chair for the upcoming calendar year. Cecil Mullins was elected board vice chairman, Pat Ely was elected clerk and Sue Antley treasurer.
The Burlington seniors topped all other classes by collecting 205 pounds of food during a community food drive last month. In the grade school the fifth graders accumulated the most at 104 pounds.