Christmas Eve Dinner at Tra B Casteel In Encampment
A large party from Big Creek, Encampment, and Brush Creek gathered at Tra B Casteel's home despite zero temperatures and drifting snow. The evening featured festive red and green decor, a candlelit table, a traditional Christmas dinner, and music and games led by the hosts, with Buckner Jubilee Singers joining after their Encampment performance. The guests enjoyed late coffee and a breakfast as the night ended with warm regards.
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Big Creek
Brush Creek
Tra B. Casteel
Europe
Buckner Jubilee Singers
Encampment
Jack Green Missing After Storm Near Encampment
Jack Green, about seventy, left Encampment Monday during a blizzard en route to Cave Bird ranch. A search found his coat along the trail. another party headed out Wednesday as of press time, no sign of him or the searchers.
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Jack Green
Cave Bird Ranch
DYERTT TEARORED Grand EF premier
Hopka of the Smith and Hlopka company is in town on business. W C Drury of the Herald left for Michigan. S Drury returned from Michigan with his wife and sister Matie Root to live in Grand Encampment. A strike by Ed Haggerty has stirred the district as he opens a large ore vein rich in copper oxides and carbonates. Rawlins and Denver parties are linked with Haggerty.
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WI. Hopka
Smith & Hlopka Company
The
Herald
Michigan
KE. S. Drury
Ed Haggerty
Rawlins
Denver
Haggerty
Odd Fellows New Year's dance draws modest crowd
The I O O F New Year’s dance at city hall drew fewer attendees due to Saratoga Stockmen’s event. J R Bowers and daughter Pearl led music, a midnight lunch was served, and the gathering ended around 2 am despite not being a financial success. Dick Parr returned to Greeley Colorado to resume driving a car.
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City Hall
Saratoga
J. R. Bowers
Miss Pearl
Mr. Bowers
Dick Parr
Greeley
Colorado
Darkness and Dawn Poem for the New Year
A reflective verse on the passing of the Old Year and the dawn of the New Year. It contemplates memory, hardship, and hope, invoking poetry about life, health, wealth, and blessing for every day of the coming year.
Timber Estimation Party Sets Out From Encampment
A forest service party departed Encampment Tuesday to Hog Park country to estimate timber tributary to the area. The group includes Pax ton, Pearce, Spiedel, Jensen, Edick, Riggs, and Clark with Iver Strand and Louis Berg handling beds and grub. Harry Neiswender runs the camp as chief cook. They expect a six to eight week absence, with Christmas cheer and safe returns anticipated.
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Forest Service
Hog Park
Paxton
Pearce
Spiedel
Jensen
Edick
Riggs and
Clark
Iver Strand
Louis Berg
Harry Neiswender
Local artist H D Ashley shines in Missouri mining camp
In a camp full of prospectors a new discovery turns another prospect into a mine and ore extraction begins swiftly. The local artist H D Ashley is praised as top talent, with his cartoon exhibited at the post office drawing Missourians to his work.
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H. D. Ashley
Walter Leake Not Married Report Denies Wedding
The Saratoga Sun last week reported Walter Leake and Miss Marie Johnston wed in the city on Tuesday of last week. Relatives of Walter Leake state the report is not true.
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Saratoga Sun
Walter Leake
Marie Johnston
Leake
Forest Snow Report From Local Forest Headquarters This Week
The report lists a high and low scale reading for each net, noting the high is the lower scale and the low is the higher point. J Bowers won in Saratoga on business while George Eberhart places a new car in the lobby post. J A Reed has been sick this week but remains at the bank posting duties due to staff shortage.
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Mra
J, R, Bowers
J. Bowers
Saratoga
George Eberhart
J. A. Reed
Local residents recover from illness and social dance
Mrs J D Tillou is recovering from a week long illness. Mrs F J Lordier is very thin after a severe lagrippe and pleuring. Several Encampment folks attended the Brookmen’s dance at Baratoge last Friday night.
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J D, Tillou
F. J. Lordier
Baratoge
Wyoming Land Rush Surges as 4 636 Applicants Seek 40 700 Acres
New figures show a record influx of settlers to Wyoming in 1915 with 4 636 applicants filing for 40 700 acres across six U S land offices in Cheyenne Buffalo Douglas Evans ton Lander and Sundance. The Goshen Hole opening boosted demand and Wyoming holds about 30 929 969 acres of unoccupied public land.
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Wyoming
United States
Alaska
Nevada
Arizona
Utah
General Land Office of the
Washington
Goshen Hole
Cheyenne
Buffalo
Douglas
Evanston
Lander
Sundance
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Ira B. Casteel
Fisher
Terwilliger Ranch
Dyertt
Bye, Richard Shipp
Caspré& Woomin
Mr. Casteel
Forest Snow Report
Snake River
Bly Spring Creek
Encampment River
Nietman
Nore
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