County Commissioner Robert Day and Two Boys Drown
Robert A Day and his son George 12 and nephew Garland Gross 19 drowned when a cable foot bridge over the Platte River broke. The trio fell into swift icy water near the Day ranch twelve miles north of Encampment. Bodies not recovered by Tuesday afternoon as search parties scoured the river. Day, a prominent Carbon county rancher and long time commissioner, left a wife and one other child. High water has weakened bridges, warning locals to avoid crossing streams during floods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert A. Day
George
Garland Gross
Platte River
Mr. Day
Carbon County
Wyoming
Dey Ranch
Boyd Wombacher Nuptials In Rawlins Amid Encampment Ties
Riley Franklin Boyd and Alma Viola Wombacher, both of Encampment, were married last Sunday in Rawlins at the Methodist church with Rev. Bennington officiating. Attendants included Earl Christensen and John Wombacher, who witnessed the ceremony and traveled by Christensen car. they returned by train Wednesday. The groom, a painter and paper hanger, moved to Encampment a year ago and built a good business. he and the writer are longtime boyhood friends despite long separations. The bride, born J. J. Wombacher, grew up in Encampment and served as a local telephone operator. the couple is wished lasting happiness. Mrs. A. McKay and her daughter Gertrude arrived from Laramie last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riley Franklin Boyd
Alma Viola Wombacher
Rawlins
Bennington
Earl Christensen
John Wombachber
Christensen
Pacific Ocean
United States
J. J. Wombacher
Cheyenne Celebrates Golden Jubilee Frontier Days
Cheyenne marks fifty years since the Union Pacific reached the city and fuses Frontier Days with a Golden Jubilee from July 23 to 28. Fort Russell hosts five thousand troops as the period features military displays and a large crowd gathers for the six day celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Union Pacific
Fort Russell
Dates Set for Encampment Fourth Annual Fish Fry
The Encampment community has chosen August 28 and August 29 for its Fourth Annual Fish Fry with plans for a bigger celebration and local hosts ready to welcome attendees. Tanner and Anderson install a new floor at the OO saloon and pursue other improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Encampment
Rawlins
Tanner & Anderson
Laprove, Mello
Secret Trail Ends in High Tension and Showdown
At dawn the ranch crowd grows tense as Fred King and Kid Silver ride toward a hidden trail. A pursuit by Dickie Mickey and the gang leads to a starlit ambush with cowboys, two unknown men, and a looming cattle branding in a firelit clearing.
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Kid Silver
Fred King
Fred
Purd
Dickie
Mickey
Shorty
Tough
Bali
Page
Fire destroys Ben Bashore ranch buildings and grainery
A Monday morning blaze destroyed the large barn grainery and mill house on the Ben Bashore ranch near the adjoining town. A ranch worker smoking a pipe may have started the fire. Loss includes hay grain farming implements cured meats and an automobile. only the car survived. Bashore had just moved onto the property this spring and faces heavy hardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Bashore
W. H. Wolford
Local Scene Sketch of Ranch and Town Movements
Harold Neiswender works on the Goodaker ranch this week. Wiley Boyd arrives from Beaver Creek Lomestead Monday. Rosa Boyd of Beaver spends the week's start in Encampment. Henry Flehr comes from the Bingham ranch Monday on business. Chas Terwilliger and family travel from Cow Creek ranch Friday by car. Chidester leads crew to Butler bridge Wednesday to repair roads. Front of the Plamme Hove repainted this week. Chas T Fair heads to Loveland Colorado after selling his ranch north of town to G H Nichols.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Flehr
Bingham Ranch
Chas, Terwilliger
Family
Cow Creek
Chas
T. Fair
Loveland
Colorado
G. H. Nich
Beaver Creek News Highlights Local Visits and Picnics
Hobart Swartz was on Beaver after grain last week. Lee Wilcorn and Bob Woods were on Beaver Wednesday. Miss Cordelia Metcalf visited Miss Mary Hayden last week. L G Gunst and wife and young daughters were in town Saturday. Miss Hicanor Clough spent last week with Mrs Adrian Wolfford. Howard Larkin and family toured Encaopment Saturday. A Beaver picnic up Little Beaver canyon last Thursday gave a delightful day. Mrs Mary Toothaker and daughter Nora arrived from Colorado to spend the summer with Mr Toothaker and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cordelia Metcalf
Mary Hayden
L. G. Gunst
Littl Beaver Canyon
Mary “Toothaker
Nora
Olathe
Coirado
Toothaker
W. N. Toothaker
Keaver
Mr. Toothaker
Society Notes Highlight Local Ladies Activities
Mrs. Lois Suttles attends Rock Springs as Girls Friendly Society delegate. The Ladies' Magazine club meets June 29 on Home Economies led by Mrs. J. E. Anderson. The Ladies' Guild met at Mrs. James Blackball's with a noon lunch. The All America league planned a Red Cross project and a sale. ER. P. Puller donated items worth 32. The shower for Miss Alma Wombaker was hosted by Mrs. but many presents and a midnight lunch were enjoyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois Suttles
Rock Springs
Girls’ Friendly Society and
Ladies’ Guild
Cluir
Suttles
J. E. Anderson
James Blackball
Mesdames Tennant
Kuontzmap
Parkison
Anderson
Webber
Red Cross
ER. P. Puller
Girls Friendly Society
Alma Wombaker
Mrs. But
Miss Wombaker
Mesdames Sutches
Carver
Forey
Wood
Denver Woman Records Absence of Old Friend
A Denver resident reports the absence of an old friend, noting illness at home prevents a reunion. The message expresses regret over unable to meet the friend during a recent encampment business trip.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs. Boyd
A. McKay
Gertrude
Laramie
Frontier
Harold Neiswender
Goodaker Ranch
Wiley Boyd
Beaver Creek
Lomestead
Rosa Boyd
Beaver
Chidester
Butler Bridge
Hove
Els
Beaver Creek News
Hobart Swartz
Lee Wilcorn
Bob Woods
Howard Larkin
Encaopment
Society Notes
Woblerculee
Denver
Giles
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