Continuing the Crook County News Since 1884
Continuing the Crook County News Since 1884
25 Years Ago, Feb. 5, 1998 - Fourteen students from Sundance High School attended the National FFA Convention in Kansas City, Missouri. Pictured in the front row, left to right are: Megan Pridgeon, Alyssa Mannetter and Tonya Hunter. Second row: Tyler Lindholm, Brad Scribner, Wade Habeck, Larry Hengstler and Callie Hardin. In the back are: Lynn Peterson, Amy Koenig, Jamie Schommer, Kristi Simons, Rachel Moline and Amber Richards.
100 Years Ago
Feb. 9, 1922
In the American Legion boxing bout at Gillette Saturday night, Stonewall Jackson lost his second contest with Kid Stanley of the Burlington. Jackson was truck driver for the highway department at Sundance last summer.
Guy Huckins is busy these days harvesting a fine ice crop from Medicine Lake. It is of extra quality and the various ice houses around town are being prepared for a hot summer.
At the meeting of the Council Monday evening Mayor Roberts tendered his resignation to the councilmen, his reason for such action being that his duties as receiver of land office will soon claim his time at Newcastle. After accepting the resignation the council unanimously elected Edwin Rounds to fill the vacancy. The retiring mayor first took the oath of office in June, 1911, and has held the chair continuously to this time with the exception of one year, when H.G. Schloredt was elected mayor.
75 Years Ago
Feb. 5, 1948
The following article recently appeared in an Omaha paper: "A smiling, freckle-faced youth from the grasslands of Wyoming Tuesday showed Iowa and Nebraska hog raising experts that producing fine cornfed animals is not a Midwestern process exclusively. The youngster, Warren Evans, 17, of Oshoto, Tuesday watched his 76 hogs sell at the Omaha market top of $28. They averaged 233 pounds. Warren and his brother, Merrill, raised 125 swine on the ranch of their father, Bert Evans, a cattle and sheep feeder."
The Moorcroft City Council, in a petition that will be mailed to Governor Lester C. Hunt, is asking that the Governor take action that will assure the building of the proposed new section of highway 14 over the Keyhole Dam, which will soon be under construction. The group maintains that the road routed this way will be more scenic and just as feasible as other proposed routes. The Sundance Commercial Club has already favored the building of the road over the dam and favors making the road Y east of Moorcroft.
50 Years Ago
Feb. 10, 1972
Members of the Sundance city council, after hearing a delegation of 13 residents at its meeting Monday night, agreed to appoint a nine-man city recreation board which would direct the summer recreation program in Sundance. Board members were not named at the session but Mayor G.W. (Buster) Popham said he would make recommendations with the city council during its March meeting.
