80 Years Ago: Five Greybull men now listed as POWs overseas five

100 years ago  

July 11, 1924

Commissioners T.W. Olney and T.W. Spraatt met with Mr. Ten Eyck at the bridge Wednesday and discussed plans for spanning the gap across the river. Work was commenced at once for getting material in for placing a temporary bridge.

90 years ago

July 12, 1934

Since the appearance in the newspaper a week ago of an article about the redecorating being done at the high school building, many have the thought  it was a CWA project. Don Bailey and Lewis Caldwell, custodian and assistant at the school, have done the work. It was not a CWA project.

Don’t throw away your old magazines. There are many folks living in the rural communities who are glad to have them. James L.  Keachie of the Greybull Creamery conceived the idea of distributing old magazines to people living in the country and agreed to let his office be used as a distributing office. 

80 years ago

July 13, 1944

There are now five Greybull boys who are prisoners of war:    Pfc. Howard H. Hankins, prisoner of the Japanese interned on the Philippine Islands; Lt. Chester L. Hoover, prisoner of the Germans interned at Stalag; Pfc. James I. House, prisoner of the Germans at Stalag; Sgt. Freeman Spence, interned on the Philippine Islands, and Technical Sgt. Thomas T. Weir, prisoner of the Germans interned at Stalag. 

60 years ago

July 9,1964

U.S. 16, one of the major tourist highways over the Big Horns, has been extended from its old termination at Worland through Greybull and Cody and and on to the east entrance to Yellowstone. The re-designation was made by the American Association of State Highway officials and announced through the Wyoming Highway Department Monday. The highway will be redesignated U.S. Highway 14-16-20.

Only one last requirement must be met before the application for a $5,000,000 fertilizer plant in south Big Horn County can be submitted.