Pages of the Past

100 years ago

November 13, 1924

The Big Horn Co-operative Marketing Association finished up Tuesday of this week what was probably the largest dressed turkey delivery ever made at one time in the west. Approximately 125,000 pounds of dry picked turkeys were delivered to Swift & Co. 

Superintendent Ilg, of the Big Horn Canal, wishes us to inform settlers under the canal that the water will be turned out of the canal on Nov. 15. 

Traffic across the Big Horn at Manderson was halted Monday when Jas. A. Quiner attempted to move a house that was wider than the bridge across the river. Lee Morris’s tractor was doing the pulling, but, while it is a “good ole puller,” it seemed wiser to let things rest for a time. A saw was obtained and some of the rafters were cut, then the building proceeded on its way and traffic resumed. 

75 years ago

November 10, 1949

Virtually all local business houses, offices and service firms will remain closed Friday in observance of Armistice Day. All city and county government offices, as well as shops and professional offices, will close this afternoon (Thursday) to reopen Saturday morning. 

Big Horn County officials are forwarding plans this week for the construction of a Quonset-type garage. The structure will be erected on county property adjacent to present garage and shop facilities at the rear of the courthouse. 

Thelma Snyder of Greybull has received a trip to the 4-H Round-up in Denver in January, according to David N. Taylor, assistant county agent. The trip will be given by Sears-Roebuck for her winning 4-H swine record in 1949.

50 years ago

November 14, 1974

Mr. and Mrs. A.G. Hartman returned home on Monday of last week from Foster City, Cal., where they visited their daughters and sons-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Emile Ruiz-Castanet, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Dunning and their families. 

The honor roll for the Burlington schools was released this week. Janet Lafollette, a senior, was the only student with straight A’s. Listed on the A honor roll were Lydia Carrizales, Dale Cook, Mertie Denniston, Eileen Winters, Maren Petersen, Sheila Orr, Marga Peterson. 

In Rocky Mountain College 1974 football statistics, punter Jud Johnson, a senior from Basin, capped an outstanding career by booting 24 times for an average of 41.6 yards per punt. 

James L. Bluejacket said Friday that he has purchased the Robert’s Roost supper club and café in Greybull. 

25 years ago

November 11, 1999

A rule change proposed earlier this fall by the Office of Health Quality was signed into law over the weekend by Gov. Jim Geringer, clearing the way for the South Big Horn County Hospital District board to move ahead with its long-term plans of reopening the hospital and establishing a 24-hour emergency room. Prior to the rule change, board efforts to move forward had been snagged on a health department inspector’s opinion, which indicated that the entire facility’s ventilation system would have to be upgraded. That opinion became moot with the approval of the rule change.