Continuing the Crook County News Since 1884

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1 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.

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