Wrecked Burlington Freight Near Guernsey Leaves Men Missing
Guernsey Wyoming August 1928 Burlington freight train wreck left five to nine men unaccounted after burning oil and gas cars. Bodies or bones found beneath an empty automobile box car suggest up to three lives lost. Fire spread seven miles downstream along the North Platte river as wreckage cleared and rail service resumed.
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Guernsey
Wyo
Burlington
Here
North Platte River
H. G. Watson
Platte County
Galveston
Cheyenne
G. O. Houser
Casper
Standard Oil Co
Indiana
Midwest Refining Company
J. C. Grisinger
Joss
Gebo
North Platte
Red Cross Worker in Indian Schools Guest in Powell
Mr and Mrs J E Sweeten and Mr and Mrs John Hendricks host their niece Misa Ivy O Hendricks for three weeks as a special representative of the American Junior Red Cross for Indian schools. Hendricks works from St Louis headquarters and reports to three national HQs as the only worker in the Indian field. She is the sole Junior Red Cross representative carrying junior work to Indian children nationally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Powell, Wyo
J. E. Sweeten
John Hendricks
Misa Ivy O. Hendricks
Red Cross
Miss Hendricks
St. Louis
United States
Converse County Fair Track to Be Finished This Summer
Glenrock Wyoming notes improvement of the Converse County fair track and rodeo ground started last year and due for completion this summer in time for the second annual fair. A $500 county donation to the agricultural department will boost financing for the fair’s activities this year.
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Glenrock
Wyo
Fair Association
Agricultural Department
Wyoming Coal Mine Sold to Utah Interests
Charles Peter of United States Developing Corp and Wyo ming Carbonizing and Briquetting Corp announced the purchase of the Conroy coal mine three miles northwest of Kemmerer from Process Coal of Pittsburgh. The lignite vein is eighty feet thick and will supply briquetting coal with a 200 ton unit planned employing 75 men. By products include oils and tars. Reported price is $100000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conroy
Two Festivals Held in Big Horn Basin
Festivities underway at two Big Horn basin locations over the weekend. American Legion members and their families enjoyed a Shell picnic with sports and contests. Hyattville celebrated Pioneers' Day with old timers in attendance and music provided by band and orchestra.
Church Contract Awarded in Lander Wyoming
George Deeds of Lander won the Catholic church construction contract for $18,785 after four bids were submitted. The bids varied by more than $10,000.
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Lander Lander
Wyo
George Deeds of
Lander
Converse County Water Enough to Irrigate 100000 Acres
Converse County in Glenrock Wyoming can irrigate about 100000 acres based on A E Hyde’s four year runoff data from five creeks totaling 180000 acre feet annually and Platte River pumping could raise to 200000 acre feet. Projects could be developed at about 50 dollars per acre, versus typical reclamation costs of 100 dollars per acre.
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Glenlock
Wyo
Converse County
County Agen
A. E. Hyde
Platte River
Baptist Assembly Opens In Lander With Attending Clergy
The Baptist assembly opened Monday in Lander and runs through the week. Delegates come from across the state. Dr. and Mrs. Joe P. Jacobs of Casper head the event with Rev. Oliver Reed as assembly pastor and Rev. R. H. Moor man handling recreation life among the faculty. Mrs. Robert Bruce Smith of Colorado leads the study department.
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Thomas Hate AD Y
Philadelphia
Farmer jailed for shooting horses near Lander Wyoming
Lander Wyoming August George a farmer pleaded guilty to shooting work horses belonging to Thomas Tatrom a neighbor in a fit of anger after finding the animals in his grain field. He was sentenced to 30 days in jail and fined $100 in justice court.
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Lander
Wyo
George
Here
Guy
Fofi
Trees Will Grow on Dry Land in Cheyenne Wyoming
E C Johnson farm agent of Laramie county reports planting over 19 000 trees of one variety in the last season with many more contracted for spring delivery Western yellow pine tops the list among varieties tried at Archer Wyoming experimental farm six miles east of Cheyenne Demonstrations show hardy trees thriving at altitudes from four to seven thousand feet with no irrigation and rainfall as the moisture source Other species proving well suited include black locust green ash native cottonwood and American elm in the region within fifty miles of Cheyenne
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Cheyenne
Wyo
E. C. Johnson
Laramie County
Wyoming
Colorado
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Casper Independent
Burlington Freight
M. Margaret Curtin
Jeremiah Mahoney
Garden Creek
Powell Guest
M. O. Henderson
Memorial Hospital
Natrona County
Hot Springs County
U. S. Veterans Bureau
18Th Infantry
Wyoming Coal Mine
Big Horn Basin
Baptists
City Sanitation CO
W.J. Wehrli
Globe Shoe Co
South Center Street
Polit
Archer, Wyo
Dray and
John Duncan
Coltrane & Mokler
Room
Smith Bldg
Owen A. Mack
Political Ady
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