Pages of the Past

100 years ago
December 20, 1923
The Christmas Holidays start tomorrow when school adjourns until Jan. 2. Teachers who will be away during the holidays are as follows: Miss Rebecca Megown leaves this afternoon for Great Falls, Mont., where she is to spend the holidays with a sister. Miss Mamie Corns will spend her vacation at Syracuse, Neb. Miss Anna Martin will go to Dayton, Iowa. Miss Lorna Langseth will go to Denver. Mr. Philip Greisinger will visit at Big Sandy, Mont.
For fifteen years, the writer has reveled in the delights of the fine climate of the Big Horn Basin, but never has he experienced a more delightful December than this one. November and December have certainly made amends for the bad weather of our usually delightful October.
75 years ago
December 10, 1948
Perk and Birney Davis passed through Basin on Monday’s train enroute to Kirby, having received word just before noon that their brother, George Davis, had been killed at that place at 11:50, death resulting from the blowing up of an engine upon which he was firing. Later information is to the effect that the engine blew up while standing in the yards, killing Davis instantly and so injuring the engineer, E.W. Shultz, that he died four hours later.
Public decoration of the civic center for the coming holiday season was begun this week. Christmas lights will be limited this year to the civic center including the library, courthouse, and post office, city authorities said Wednesday. Strings of electric bulbs will radiate from the courthouse to the other buildings.
On Monday evening, members of the board of Camp Bethel in the Big Horns met at the Baptist church and planned the work and program for next year. Those present were Oliver Reed, Cliff Carroll, Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Ford, as well as Mrs. Nell McKinley of Sheridan; Joe Wiens of Powell; Shel Helsley of Cody; Harley Pulis of Thermopolis; and Bob Farley, C.F. Johnston, and Floyd Ellison of Basin.
50 years ago
December 14, 1973
Through the coordination efforts by the Big Horn County Commissioners and cooperation by the towns of Basin and Greybull, the south Big Horn County area has been provided a sanitary landfill site. The Bureau of Land Management has issued a recreation and public purposes lease to allow for constructing and managing a sanitary landfill. The landfill will comply with the requirements of the National Environment Protection Act as well as related Wyoming State statutes.
Mr. and Mrs. William D. Harley of Basin announce the engagement of their daughter Wendy to Rodney Kindel, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kindel, also of Basin.
25 years ago
December 10, 1998
Artesian water from the Basin Area Water Supply system flowed into the town’s water lines Wednesday when the project’s Joint Powers Board opened the valves on the main transmission line. The 12-inch transmission line was given the green light this week by engineers overseeing the project. For the town of Basin, the well water replaces the Big Horn River which served as the source of drinking water since the town’s creation more than 100 years ago.