Mormon site near Robertson reveals Old Fort Supply
Salt Lake City historian Drew Jensen traced Old Fort Supply in Lyman Wyoming near Robertson post office. The 1853 54 Mormon stockade remains show ground outlines and buried posts. Fort Supply preceded Old Fort Laramie by a decade and was abandoned after the 1857 Johnson expedition. plans for a permanent town nearby were in progress.
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Robert Coburn
M. Jones
Fort Supply
Orson Hyde
Johnson
Six Arrested During Removal of Property in Wyoming
Six representatives of the Wyopa Kemmerer Coal company were arrested in Convoy Wyoming on grand larceny charges after an alleged attempt to remove material from the Wyopa Coal company mine. They were discharged when arraigned for preliminary hearing.
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Kemmerer, Wyo
Wyopa Coal Company
Wyopa-Kemmerer Coal Company
Wyopa Kemmerer Coal Company
Baby Rescued After Drowning in Black's Fork Stream
In Lyman Wyoming on August 9 a two year old boy, son of Mr and Mrs A W Lind, was pulled from Black s Fork apparently dead. He was submerged for about ten minutes and unconscious for over an hour before Dr Warner revived him.
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Lyman, Wyo
A. W. Lind
Warner
Black
Out of town sprinter to run Casper marathon
Leonard Vanelli of Laramie is the first out of town entrant in Casper Daily Tribune’s Labor Day cross country run. Sanctioned by the Amateur Athletic Union the four and a half mile city course opens to Rocky Mountain amateurs. The race starts in front of the Tribune building on West Second Street.
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Casper
Wyo
Leonard Vanelli
Laramie
Casper Daily Tribune
Vanelli
Wyoming
Tribune
The
Amateur Athletic Union
Rocky Mountain
Montana
Nebraska
Colorado
Daily Tribune
Wast Second Street
Big Horn Capital To Be Beautified
BASIN Wyoming Aug 9 The city council appoints A Moore as commissioner of parks trees and cemetery He meets with the county board to beautify the county courthouse grounds part to be city maintained Permanent trees will replace poplars along streets and drives in the coming year
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Basin
Wyo
Moore
Victim of Ranch Accident Dies in Salt Lake Hospital
Afton Wyoming August 9 Lloyd Stock 18 died after hay field accident at Pete Oleson ranch near Cokeville. He had undergone an operation in Salt Lake City in an effort to save his life from injuries sustained at the scene.
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Apton
Wyo
Lloyd Stock
Cokeville
Salt Lake Hospital
Casper Boy Wounded in Rifle Cartridge Explosion
Casper Wyo August 9 Howard Barfoot age 10 is hospitalized with dangerous wounds from a rifle cartridge he carried in his pocket. Fragments perforated his abdomen and leg while the knife in his hand struck the detonator triggering the blast. He lost the ends of his right thumb and two fingers.
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Casper, Wyo
Howard Barfoot
Two Old Wyoming Coal Mines To Resume Production
At Cumberland Wyoming the Union Pacific Coal Company No 1 mine, flooded by a cloudburst four years ago, is being dewatered. Five and a half entries are clear and twelve will be unwat ered under progress plans. In Spring Valley Unita county the old mine, aban doned fifteen years ago, may be unwatered retimbered and worked due to high coal prices.
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Cumberland
Wyo
Union Pacific Coal Company
Spring Valley Rock Springs
Spring Valley
Unita County
Horse Marathon Forty Miles From Sheridan to Clearmont
A horse marathon from Sheridan to Clearmont Wyoming is set for September 11 with a 9 a.m. start at the Sheridan county courthouse and a six hour limit. Expected winner may finish under four hours as state humane authorities inspect horses before the start and humane agents follow the race by automobile. The judge will consider time and horses condition at finish to select the winner.
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Clearmont
Wyo
Sheridan
County Court House
Sherlock Holmesing In Hydrography Seepage Study In Basin
BASIN WY Aug 9. Robert Followsbee district engineer USGS and state engineer Emerson measure rivers and creeks nearby to determine water amounts and locate seepage or other losses.
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Sherlock
Wyoming American Legion calls for prosecution of slackers
The Wyoming American Legion at its second annual convention in Sheridan approves resolutions demanding that every proven slacker and draft evader be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. It condemns the secretary of war and local draft boards for freeing evaders and I W Ws, and endorses stronger oversight of war risk and vocational programs. The group also urges neutrality in labor disputes while allowing state actions against unlawful methods, and instructs Wyoming delegates to seek constitutional changes for post discipline at the national level.
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Wyoming
American Legion
Sheridan
Secretary of War
Wyoming Department
Legion
Charles Hill
G. M. Anderson
Casper
Hill
Washington
Bureau of War Risk Insurance
Federal Board For Vocational Training
United States
Congress
The
National Organization
Sheridan County Population Reported at 18182
Sheridan county, Wyoming, shows a population of 18 182 in the 1920 census, up 1 858 since 1910. The rise reflects an even split between the city of Sheridan and surrounding areas, according to a Washington dispatch with official figures.
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Sheridan, Wy
Sheridan County
Washington, D. C
Sheridan
Population figures show Sheridan city and county growth
Official counts list 175 residents living in the city and 7,007 Sheridan county citizens living outside city limits. The city’s population rose by 9.7 percent, while the county shows a slight gain over ten years, suggesting near equal growth when including those residing within city limits but not officially counted.
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Sheridan County
Sheridan
Gr eyebull Valley Sees Bountiful Crops This Year
Greybull Valley reports a revival in harvest with plentiful wheat and oat yields across the valley after prior water shortages. The region prepares a notable exhibit of its produce for the upcoming fair next month.
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Wyo
Greybull
Great Travel Tide on Yellowstone Road
BASIN Wyoming August 9 Sixty two cars were parked in Basin camp grounds Friday night and nearly as many have camped here each night for two weeks—over four times as many as during the same period last year.
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Basin, Wyo
Basin Camp Grounds
Excursion Rates To Basin County Fair Announced
Basin Wyoming August 9 Colonel W H May secretary of Big Horn county fair reports Burlington officials will grant excursion rates to the fair next month from all points between Frannie and Thermopolis.
Wyoming Oil Fields See New Records in July Report
Casper Wyoming figures show one more June completion brings July total to 381 for the month with daily output at 3 730 barrels, up 170. Six dry holes, 888 drilling rigs, 35 rigs active at month end, 27 idle. New producers emerge in Warm Springs, Grass Creek, Thermopolis while Salt Creek and Mule Creek see notable gains. Natrona reports 15 wells drilling and 10 ready to drill.
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Casper
Wyo
Wyoming
Salt Creek
Warm Springs
Grass Creek
Thermopolis
Big Horn
Mule Creek
Osage
Lance Creek
Natrona County
Lincoln County
Fremont County
Big Muddy
Patient praises Foley's Kidney Pills for back pain relief
A Mayfield Kentucky man James Carman reports cured back pain after using Foley's Kidney Pills. He says his back could not straighten and now he feels well without pain and enjoys himself.
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James Carman
Mayfield
Foley
Doan
Roedel
Fort Russell Cheyenne car service curtailed after fire
The Cheyenne Electric Railway Company cuts Fort Russell to Cheyenne service due to a recent fire and reduced traffic. The schedule shifts to forty minute trips 6 am to 12 noon, twenty minute runs 12 noon to 9 pm, and forty minute service 9 pm to midnight, effective Sunday until further notice.
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Cheyenne Electric Railway Cmpany
Fort Russell
Cheyenne
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Steen
Tommy
Greybull Valley
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Basin County Fair
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Evans St
Dean
Warren Avenue
G. W. Godfrey
1814
Warren Ave
O’neil Street
J. H. Cannon
O'Neil St
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Seymour Street
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10Th St
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