Continuing the Crook County News Since 1884
Continuing the Crook County News Since 1884
50 Years Ago, October 25, 1973: A new, fully-equipped ambulance to serve Sundance and Crook County arrived here last week. Sundance Mayor Ray Buckman said the program should be set up and the unit ready to run within a week. The new van-type vehicle, fitted with an ambulance module capable of handling up to four patients at one time, was funded with the assistance of a $5500 Highway Safety Grant through the Wyoming Governor's Office of Safety. The entire project will cost about $9400, Buckman said, and the remainder of the funding will come from donations pledged by city and county residents.
100 Years Ago
October 25, 1923
Reports from north of Hulett Friday indicated a murder for a while until the affair simmered down to a mere shooting scrape over a misunderstanding. It seems that S. F. MeConnaughy was hunting some lost hogs in the Hickey pasture when Fred Hickey and son rode up on him. There having been previous bad blood between the two men, suspicion was rife and culminated in a flare of guns. McConnaughy said that both Hickeys had guns unslung, and he flashed a Luger automatic. When the smoke cleared, Mac was on the ground with a wound across his left hand. Apparently a bullet from Fred's gun hit the automatic handle, otherwise it would have bored McConnaughy through the eyes. It is stated that Fred received a crease on the leg. Officers investigating the mix-up are at a loss owing to a lack of eye-witnesses, and unless McConnaughy makes a complaint there probably will be no arrests. The latter is not seriously hurt and is recovering at Hulett. His horse was shot dead in the encounter.
Work on the high school suffered a double delay last week owing to the wet spell and lack of material, However, the sun shone Monday and a strong battery of teams started hauling sand. It is expected that work will be pushed with very little delay from now on.
75 Years Ago
October 28, 1948
The Commercial Club has once again this year appropriated funds to provide school children with an evening's free entertainment on Halloween night. A treat of a free show ticket and fifteen cents cash will be given to every student who signs the following pledge: On October 31, 1948, Halloween, we the undersigned, pledge to not soap any windows or in any way molest any property." All grade school students will sign this pledge, while the high school student body will vote on whether to accept or decline the invitation.
50 Years Ago
October 25, 1973
A Moorcroft High School senior has been named Crook County Farm Bureau queen. Criss Williams, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Williams, was selected to represent the Farm Bureau as queen following her presentation of the required two-minute talk to the Crook County Board of Directors at their meeting in Moorcroft.
