Peek at the Past

100 Years Ago

The Times

August 20, 1919

The two big army truck donated to the state of Wyoming and assigned by the highway commission to Crook county arrived Friday driven by Edward Thomas and John Conway of Cheyenne, lately discharged from military service, who continue to handle the trucks on our road maintenance work. County Commissioner Thompson was in to oversee a trial of the trucks pulling a road grader near this city and pronounced them without doubt of sufficient power and usefulness for the work intended, which is understood not to be that of heavy grading of a permanent nature but merely to perform the lighter work on the roads in maintaining them more passable.

Another tourist and scenic highway is proposed across the northern part of Wyoming. W.D. Fisher, secretary of the Sheridan commercial club and formerly connected with Omaha boosters, arrived in Sundance this afternoon on the initial trip of inspection of the country through which it is proposed to map the route. Mr. Fisher stated to the Times that as a preliminary consideration it is suggested to start the route at Omaha and come north, touching Sioux City, Ia.; Sioux Falls, Mitchell and Spearfish, S.D.; Sundance, Moorcroft, Gillette, Arvada and Clearmont to Sheridan, Wyo.; thence to Custer Battlefield and National Cemetery, Billings, Great Falls, Mont., and on to Glacier National Park. The name suggested for the route is Custer Battlefield Scenic Highway.

75 Years Ago

August 24, 1944

C.S. Porter and A.W. Storm were here from Hulett Tuesday. Mr. Storm has purchased the service station at Hulett and the two were here drawing up the final papers to complete the transaction.

Guy F. Roadifer, M.M., has been heard from again from “somewhere in the Pacific.” This was the first word his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Roadifer had heard in about three months. Guy said he was well and hearty. He enclosed $1,000 to buy war bonds.

50 Years Ago

August 21, 1969

Sundance residents moaned a bit this week as water was back in the news. The City Council took an early morning trail ride through Ogden Canyon Monday inspecting it as a potential site for a reservoir. Yesterday, Mayor Buster Popham issued a request to residents to cut back on irrigation until further notice. Pophan said that water usage in Sundance has been at its highest in history the past week and that it will be necessary to turn water into the mains from the hard water well Wednesday evening. He said the city is now pumping all sources – except the hardwater well – at 100 percent capacity.

Two Moorcroft boys have won rodeo scholarships to Casper College. They are Dennis Williams and J.B. Vondra. Williams recently won second in bareback riding in the National High School Rodeo in San Antonio, Texas. He was awarded a $50 certificate on a pair of boots, a silver belt buckle and a certificate from the city of San Antonio. Vondra was third in the second go-round of the bareback riding. He also received a plaque.

25 Years Ago

August 25, 1994

As usual write-ins such as “anyone”, “someone” and “more” showed up on the ballots during the official canvas last Thursday. In the county races, Mike Frolander received 14 votes on the Democratic Ticket and 61 on the Republican ticket for County Corner. For County Attorney, Mark Hughes received 20 write-in votes and Mary Garman, 12. In the race for Sundance mayor, James A. Miller received 296 write-in votes.