Continuing the Crook County News Since 1884
Continuing the Crook County News Since 1884
25 Years Ago, September 11, 1997: Maggie and Scott Norelius and Joe Julian are pictured setting 266 ducks loose in Sand Creek at the start of the duck race during festivities at Ranch A last Saturday. Prizes were awarded for the first four ducks to cross the finish line.
100 Years Ago
September 7, 1922
Ed Vines rode the high, wide and handsome buckers at Moorcroft and brought home two prizes: one for saddle riding and the other for bareback. A good crowd was reported to have been present. George Firestone rode Yellow Fever for a purse of $35.00.
Charles Whitney slid down off a load of bundles and hit a pitchfork that was standing up along the load, causing serious injury to his intestines. He was taken to Deadwood immediately where he was operated on and at last reports was very low.
Jim Keck, a miner working at excavating the coal shaft at the M.H. Shields Coal CO., mine, narrowly escaped death Saturday night when he fell to the bottom of the shaft, a distance of over 31 feet. It is nothing but a miracle he was not killed. He is suffering from a badly shattered pelvic bone, but at the present writing is resting easy, and his recovery is looked for.
75 Years Ago
September 11, 1947
An epidemic of grass fires in the Tri-state area was started Saturday night when a blaze broke out on the Bob Pughe ranch about two miles northwest of Colony. Neighbors fought the fire Saturday night and felt they had it under control, however about noon Sunday the smoldering grass broke into flames once more. The blaze was sweeping southwest toward Colony when it was finally checked after burning about 1000 acres. Vital factor in smothering the blaze was the Sturgis fire department's Jeep.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Finch, ranchers south of Sundance, lost their home and all its contents in a fire Thursday night of last week, the origin of which has not been determined, although it is thought possibly it might have been set by a grass fire.
Horse owned by Tom Zimmerschied won first and second place and a horse owned by Merit Barton, 3rd in the Crook County Fair Pony Express race from Moorcroft to Sundance the last of the old Moorcroft-Sundance stage day of the fair. The race, run over road, was a distance of 38 miles and the winner crossed the finish lines after one hour and twenty two minutes.
50 Years Ago
September 7, 1972
A national convention of the Banditos Motorcycle Club, held over the Labor Day weekend on the Frank Tauck ranch at Beulah with about 300 memebers attending, ended Monday. Sheriff John Peterson said the Wyoming Highway Patrol and the Crook County Sheriff's Office were kept busy over the holiday weekend. He said several accidents arose from the Beulah gathering but that law officers had no actual problems.
