Continuing the Crook County News Since 1884
Continuing the Crook County News Since 1884
25 Years Ago, October 28, 1999 - How did this tree-dwelling American marsupial end up in Wyoming? There have only been three opossums spotted in Wyoming since they started keeping track of such things, the other two were spotted near Casper and Wheatland. According to Scott Norelius of the Game and Fish, it most likely was a passenger on a truck! This poor male opossum will not be solving the mystery anytime soon. He was found near a barn gate Wednesday, October 20, by Bob Miller on his ranch west of Sundance. Unfortunately, the opossum was dead by the time the game warden was called. It has been taken to a taxidermist in Spearfish, and will come back stuffed for Miller to display and tell stories about.
100 Years Ago
October 30, 1924
John Wesley Sampier, a 19-year-old freshman at the University of Wyoming, came to Laramie from Lightning Flat, in Crook County, 375 miles, on his bicycle, in five days, in order to enter the university on time. This is said to have been the most strenuous trip ever made by a student in the state to reach the university as a classman.
The Sundance high school football squad experienced a strenuous trip to Newcastle Thursday for a game, arriving too late so that the game took place next day. Under the
circumstances it is not surprising that Newcastle won.
75 Years Ago
October 27, 1949
Money available to the department of interior for the construction of the: Keyhole dam near Carlile reached a total of $2,400,000 last week. This total was reached when the U. S. Senate approved appropriations carrying $1,680,710 for the project. The appropriation hiked the $750,000 already earmarked for the dam to the new total.
Stoves, tables, livestock and even ice skates will go on the auction block Friday for the building fund of the Sundance Methodist church. The sale is being held in the Sundance sales pavilion in an effort to swell the church's building fund. Sale officials have set a goal of about $10,000 so that the building plans of the church might be realized. The church needs $10,000 to boost its fund to $15,000 so that construction of the church can begin. The new church is expected to cost approximately $30,000.
50 Years Ago
October 31, 1974
Sundance High School junior John Shoun Monday was selected as the center on the Powder River all-conference football squad. Conference coaches selected the team Monday at Buffalo. Also named to the conference team were halfback Paul Materi, Upton; kicker Ken Updike and punter Norm Jesperson, both of Moorcroft; Kelvin Kennedy, Upton defensive end; Steve Hampton, Upton safety; and Upton linebacker Robert Lincoln.
The Sundance-Crook County Ambulance celebrates the end of its first year of operation this week, according to Sheriff John Peterson, whose office directs the ambulance use. Peterson said that during the first year, the ambulance hauled 45 people on 44 runs, which totaled 5430 miles.
