Peek at the Past

1 Years Ago

October 11, 1923

Engineer Spangle, who lost his life in the terrible railway accident near Casper last Thursday when a Burlington passenger train ran into the flood waters of Coal creek, the bridge over which had just been carried away, was a nephew of Frank Koch of Moorcroft.

Chickens are so plentiful in the Bear Lodge that teamsters have difficulty getting a load of logs. The drummers won’t give up their log and it’s against the law to hurt them.

Much to the disappointment of this community, the Belshe mine discontinued work last week with no coal in prospect, although Mr. Bels...