Pages of the Past

100 years ago

April 9, 1925

When the voting was done, only one vote was for Lovell and Basin had been confirmed as the site of the Wyoming Tuberculosis Sanatorium. Basin was represented at the meeting by Messrs. Thos. M. Hyde, P.P. Anderson and H.R. Armeling, and these representatives had the able assistance of Rev. Edwin Bowling, Bishop McGovern, a director and Miss Etta Dobbin, secretary of the Wyoming Public Health association, each of whom made talks for Basin. Construction is expected to begin soon. 

Mr. Joe Devereaux, while working for the Burlington, had the misfortune to be thrown from a speeder, which afterwards struck him in such manner that it was thought he was critically hurt, but it afterwards developed that he was only suffering with serious bruises. 

75 years ago 

April 6, 1950

Water from the Big Horn River was diverted into the Big Horn canal near Worland early this week and is expected to reach Basin today, according to Gilbert V. Kennedy, secretary of the canal association. The water will be available for irrigation along the full length of the canal by the coming weekend it was stated.

A special communication of the Grand Lodge of Wyoming, A.F. & A.M. will convene at the Masonic Temple at Basin at 2 p.m., Friday April 7, for the purpose of laying the corner stone of the new gymnasium building at the Basin High School. 

Big Horn county 4-H club members will attend a livestock judging tour on Saturday, April 8. The tour will start at the courthouse at 9:30 and the following stops will be made: Jim Berry farm, M.A. Crosier farm, R.L. Henderson farm, Robert Harvy farm, John Snyder farm, Frank Norris farm. All members attending are urged to bring a sack lunch. 

50 years ago

April 10, 1975

Four Basin high school students have been initiated into membership in the local chapter of the National Honor Society. They are Marty Wright, Sherry Davis, Theresa Haffner and Lee Hollingsworth. 

Two Basin boys came away with medals from the Junior Olympic AAU freestyle tournament in Casper Saturday. Larry Mead, son of Mr. and Mrs. L.M. Mead, Jr., placed first in his weight class and Tom Davis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Davis, finished second in his weight class. 

25 years ago

April 7, 2000

A break in the canal west of Basin made a temporary river of A street Sunday morning, causing damage to Riverside High School and numerous homes. Town and county agencies along with dozens of volunteers worked all day to contain the damage and clean up the mess. The break was discovered by employees of the Big Horn Canal Company as they were bringing water down from Elk Creek to the end of the canal Sunday morning. Canal Company employees were on the site when the break was discovered, and diverted the water back into the river at Elk Creek, but were unable to stop water already in the canal. The Town of Basin crew, the Basin Police Department, and the Basin Volunteer Fire department were aided by various county and state agencies in dealing with the emergency.