Fifteen Years Ago Items From Grand Encampment Herald
Recap of notes: Ed L Wood and wife with daughter return from Elderton Pennsylvania. Adolph Englehart sells stake in Englehart store and lumber to brother W M Englehart who will run it. Englehrts plan departure for San Francisco. Zach Carver repairs North Fork road to haul wood. drifts near Finley hills reported. Mail service slowed. nine feet of snow noted along trail. Penn Wyoming concentrator adds two rusher rolls. tramway station four miles from Encampment torn down for smelting plant improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zach Carver
North Fork Road
Zach
Finley Hills
Continental Divide
Battle Road
Mai
Rambler
Harry Ball
Penn- Wyoming Concentrator
Storm Strands Storemen on Snowbound Northwest Route
J M Corlett and D M Tour telot of Encampment Stores faced a severe snow storm last Sunday while returning from Walcott after buying merchandise. They detoured around snow drifts and through Peek ranch, got off road, broke through ice, and endured near death before abandoning their auto and walking into Saratoga about 9 am Monday. Rankin and Bixler later recovered the vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.M. Corlett
D. M. ‘Tourtelot
Encampment Stores Company
Walcott
Saratoga
Peek Ranch
Firemen Dance and Box Supper Ticket Sales Notice
Waterbury files on 640 acres grazing land and forty acres hay land near Encampment townsite. The new ranch opportunity follows last week’s purchase by W. H. Wolford. Tickets for the firemen’s big dance and box supper are on sale at multiple local shops including Encampment State Bank and Parkison’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Encampment State Bank
Parkison
BF. Waterbury
W. H. Wolford
Mr. Waterbury
Town and Country Must Work Together
The article urges rural and urban residents to cooperate for mutual benefit. It recounts a Illinois town that formed a commercial club uniting farmers and townspeople to fund a new school, build a railroad, host a county fair, and create a forest preserve. The piece notes how cooperation spurred better roads, modern farming, and stronger community ties, with numerous local anecdotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Commercial Club
Local residents listed with weekend and recent town visits
Names of people from ranches, creeks, and nearby towns are noted visiting Saratoga Encampment and town events. Several residents traveled from Bea ver Creek ranch, lower Terwilliger ranch, and Jacks Fork area, with activities including shopping, attending sales, and post office business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Lebsack
Terwilliger Ranch
Uew Creek
Also Mentioned on This Page
Firstational Bank of
Rawlins
THE
First National Bank
Rawlins, Wyoming
Grand Encampment Herald
Ed. L. Wood
Elderton
Pennsylvania
Adolph Englehart
Englehart
W. M. Englehart
Bowers’ Barber Shop
Col
Frank Boyd
Encampment Fire Department
Arm Journal
Philadelphia
Farm Journal
Illinois
Our Country Weekly
Sleepy Hollow
John Delaney
Helmer Kelmore
Sam Peterson
Sanger’s
B. E. Benson
Camp Four
Louis Berg
M. Froberg
Mandy Froberg
Cook Haus
H. A. Lestum
Cook House
M. Farrell
Mrs. Farrell
Denver
Jack Aydelotte
Laramie
Logal
Healey
Philip Flohr
Beaver Creek Ranch
Mrs
al, Anderson
T.fait
Mesdames J. M, Corlett and
B. M. Tourtelot
J. M. Wombaker
Joe Johnston
Charter Oak
Riverside
R. M. Boyd
Big Creek
Dr. Bonner
Hoyt Parkison
Kearney
Nebraska
A. Lestum
John W. Delaney
French Creek
State Bank
CHAS
H. Sanger
H. A. Hunter
I. H. Healey
Alway
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