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GILLETTE - Fond memories come to the surface when Terry and Janet Tharp think back to moments they experienced as children at what's now called the Medicine Lodge Archaeological Site. Growing up in the late 1950s and 1960s near Hyattville, the now married couple said the site wasn't called that yet. It was simply a ranch - an area where Janet was taken for picnics on a school field trip and the home of children Terry went to school with. "The kids that lived there on that ranch, they would go...
GILLETTE - For many, the date Feb. 9, 1964, may fade into history. No wars began. No major elections took place. It was a Sunday - a day for staying at home, tidying up and preparing for the week ahead. But for those who remember, the date still holds meaning. Some even deem that unsuspecting evening the night that changed music forever. That night, more than 70 million viewers across the United States tuned in to watch four young Brits perform live on "The Ed Sullivan Show" for the first time....