Peek at the Past

100 Years Ago

May 25, 1922

J.L. Driskill of Spearfish arrived in Moorcroft from Denver last Friday proceeding a shipment of 863 two-year-old southern steers he had purchased on that market. The cattle arrived at an early hour Saturday morning and were taken out to be developed on the D ranches.

The Sundance creamery after lying idle for four years has again been reopened, much to the gratification of the people living and farming in the Bear Lodge mountain districts. The creamery has secured the services of Victor Lintrom, a former Sturgis boy, as manager.

75 Years Ago

May 22, 1947

Mr. and Mrs. C.D. Roberts and daughter Janice will leave Sundance Thursday for Mexico, Mo. where they will attend graduation exercises of the Missouri Military Academy. Their son Allan will graduate there. Graduation ceremonies will cover four days.

25,000 fingerling brook trout were planted in creeks in the Bear Lodge Thursday of last week by members of the Crook County Wildlife Association and the game department and another 12,000 are scheduled to arrive here Thursday for planting. The 25,000 trout were planted in Ogden, Blacktail, Beaver and Whitewall creek.

Merritt and Vern Barton were in Sundance Tuesday and reported that they had bought the Emil Evey place at Thornton consisting of 1480 acres.

50 Years Ago

May 25, 1972

Fire, set by lightning, destroyed a large barn at the F.A. Bush ranch in the Hulett area Friday night. A hay swather was also lost in the blaze. The barn was build in the 1920s from lumber sawed by the Knapp sawmill crew.

Coyotes are becoming a menace once again in Crook County with two Hulett area ranchers reporting lambs killed by the predators. Don Roberts, who ranched just north of Hulett, said Tuesday he counted 15 dead lambs, all killed by coyotes. He said he is also short another 25 lambs. He said Kenny Grubb, located on the former Buster Mieke place, has lost three head, also apparently to coyotes.

25 Years Ago

May 22, 1997

Powder River Energy Corp. gave a practical demonstration of their interest in and care of the environment on Friday. It had been noticed that a pair of ospreys were trying to build a nest of top of one of the electric poles in town. A crew of four employees was sent out to move the nest to a safe place. The crew installed devices and an owl decoy to discourage the birds from the power line pole and placed a new nesting box on a pole a safe distance from the pole the birds had chosen.