Hanna Basin Museum
  • Museum
    • 2020 Carbon Cemetery Association and Hanna Basin Historical Society ​Spring Newsletter
    • 2019: Hanna Basin Historical Society and Carbon Cemetery Association Newsletter
    • Visitors to the Museum
    • Books and Magazines to Read Online about the Hanna Basin
    • Books Available for Purchase at the Hanna Basin Museum
    • Order Form for Materials Available for Purchase at the Museum
    • Membership and Support
    • Links to Other Wyoming Museums >
      • Medicine Bow, Wyoming, Museum and Hanna Basin Neighbor
      • Rock Springs, Wyoming, Historical Museum
    • Copyright Infringement Notification
  • Carbon
    • Hanna Basin Museum - Time Line
    • CARBON CEMETERY RECORDS
    • Carbon Mine Fatality Records
    • Visitors to the Carbon Cemetery
    • Carbon - Wings of Imagination - A Letter From Old Carbon
    • Carbon - A Poem by Mrs. C. E. Ellis
    • 2003: Carbon Cemetery Restoration
    • 2011: Carbon, Carbon County, Cemetery Restoration 2011
    • 2011: Bow River FFA Community Service Project: Carbon Cemetery
    • 2014: The Carbon Cemetery
    • 2015: The Old Carbon Cemetery Privy
  • Hanna
    • HANNA HAPPENINGS
    • THE HANNA CEMETERY: From the Bottom of the Mine
    • HANNA CEMETERY RECORDS
    • Hanna Burial Plots and Lots >
      • Hanna Blocks and Lots 1 - 6
      • Hanna Plots 1 - 50
      • Hanna Plots 51 - 80
      • Hanna Plots 81 - 129
      • Hanna Plots 130 - 175
      • Hanna Plots 176 - 209
      • Hanna Plots 210 - 298
      • Hanna Plots 299 - 349
      • Hanna Plots 350 - 379
      • Hanna Plots 380 - 419
      • Hanna Plots 420 - 500
    • Hanna Early Churches >
      • Introduction to Hanna’s Early Churches
      • Episcopal Church - History, Bell and Cross
      • Methodist Church - Organ
      • Colored Baptist Church
    • Hanna Military in the Hanna Cemetery >
      • Hanna Cemetery - In The Military
      • Arthurs, Peter Killed in Action World War I
      • Love, Michael V. Killed In The Line Of Duty
      • Jones, William D. Died of Wounds Received In Action World War I
      • Lucas, Bernard R. Killed In Action World War II
      • Lucas, William C. Died of Wounds Recieved In Action World War II
      • Luoma, Arvo A. Killed in Action World War II
      • McAtee, William J. Killed in Action Vietnam
      • Saari, John Killed in Action World War II
    • Hanna Cemetery - Japanese Monuments Transcribed
    • Grave Headstones for Hanna Miner Fatalities Buried Elsewhere than Hanna
    • Hanna Where Did They Come From?
  • The People
  • Schools
  • Coal Mines
    • A History of the Hanna Coal Miner from 1868 to 2017: Bob Leathers' Notebook
    • Hanna Basin Mining Companies and Mines
    • Men Injured in the Hanna Mines
    • 1903 June 30: Explosion of the Union Pacific Coal Company's No. 1 mine in Hanna >
      • Hanna 1903 Explosion Explained
      • List of Miners Killed in the June 30, 1903 Explosion
      • 1904 State Mine Inspector's Report for 1903 Explosion
      • 1903 Explosion Coroner's Inquest
      • 1903 Explosion - Earle Holmes Letter to Wilson Gobble
    • Hanna 1908 Mine Explosions Explained >
      • List of Miners Killed in the March 28, 1908 Explosions
      • 1908 Explosion Coroner's Inquest Report
      • Noah Young's 1908 Hanna Explosion Report to Governor B.B. Brooks
      • 1908 State Coal Mine Inspectors Report - 1908 Hanna Mine Number 1 Explosion
      • David M. Elias - State Mine Inspector Killed in 1908 Explosion
      • 1908 Explosion - Gov. B.B. Brooks Communiations
      • April 3, 1908 Chums From Boyhood Died Side By Side
      • April 16, 1908 U.P. May Not Be Liable
      • 1908: Newspaper Articles from The Wigan Observer in England About the March 28, 1908 Explosion of the Union Pacific Coal Company's No. 1 Mine in Hanna
      • Death of Noah Young - State Mine Inspector for the 1908 Explosion of Mine No. 1
    • 1916 Labor Agreement Between the United Mine Workers of America and the Southern Wyoming Coal Operators
    • 1917 Labor Agreement Between the United Mine Workers of America and the Southern Wyoming Coal Operators
    • 1970 - 1980: Bill Becker's Hanna Strip Mine Blasting Videos
  • Gallery
    • 1889-1912: ​ Elmer Larson - The Butvier Collection from Sally Hafdell and David Eriksson in Sweden
    • Images from Early Hanna Basin and Wyoming
    • Early History of the Union Pacific Railroad
    • 1910-1920: McNulty Family Photo Collection ​Albert Film - Hanna Basin Adventurer
    • 1920 -1930: Gert Milliken's Photo Collection of Unknown Children, Women, Men, and Families in Hanna
    • 1963 October 2: A Large Cattle Drive from Palm Livestock Company at Elk Mountain ​ to Hanna's Union Pacific Railroad Stockyard
    • 2017 April 18: Un​ion Pacific Steam Engine 844 Stopped at Hanna, Wyoming
    • 2019 May 17 and May 4: Big Boy​ 4014 and Engine 844 Were Running the Rails Again
    • Images of Old Carbon Today
  • Notebook

Welcome to the Hanna Basin Museum Website

The purpose of this website is to help others connect to the past by collecting, preserving and sharing historical information about Wyoming's Hanna Basin. We invite you to explore how the Hanna Basin
​ came to be and how it touched the lives of many.
Created: August 1,  2010
​Last Updated: January 27, 2021
- Over ​Ten Years of Sharing -
Website contact information: HannaBasinMuseum@gmail.com (Attention: Bob)​​​

Search Box and Subject Tabs

The best way to locate information on this website is to ​use the search box and subject tabs at the top of this page.
Website Provided by Bob Leathers​ ​in Cooperation with the Hanna Basin Historical Society
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What's New or Updated?

January 2021
New January 26, 2021:
  • A new collection of Hanna historical images from Sweden.
  • 1889-1912: ​ Elmer Larson - The Butvier Collection from Sally Hafdell and David Eriksson in Sweden
New and Updated January 24,2021:
  • New images and notes - The Energy Development Company and The Resource Exploration Mining Company at Hanna, Wyoming  
Updated January 23, 2021:
  • Added images and information: 1926 - 1930: The Union Pacific Coal Company Mines in Cumberland Were Closed
Updated January 22, 2021
  • Added new images and a link to the Air Force Academy: ​Remembering: Love, Michael Vickers, Air Force Lieutenant Colonel, Killed in the Line of Duty
Updated January 12, 2021:
  • ​New information and images: ​Remembering: Kitching, Muriel, ​Mother Of The Museum and Jimmy Kitching: Playing His Music
Updated January 5, 2021:
  • ​New names added to - Men Injured in the Hanna Mines
Updated January 9, 2021:
  • ​New cemetery records added to - Hanna Cemetery Records

Website Guidelines

  • Our goal is to honor the history of the Hanna Basin by providing detailed and accurate information.
  • We welcome comments and documented corrections to the content on this website. 
  • We also welcome any pictures, documents or information from our readers that might be helpful in our telling the Hanna Basin story. 
  • Sources all over the world send information, documents and images to the Hanna Basin Museum Website for its use. The Hanna Basin Museum Website does not knowingly use any copyrighted material. We welcome the reporting of any possible copyright infringements. Every effort will be made to correct all copyright conflicts that may arise.
  • Individuals wishing to use documents or images from this website must first receive permission from the Hanna Basin Museum Website. Please contact us at HannaBasinMuseum@gmail.com (Attention: Bob)
HANNA BASIN MUSEUM AND CUMMINGS/CRAWFORD COTTAGE 
Sunshine Solaas, Museum Director
​Mike Armstrong, Public Relations Director
April Avery, Museum Staff
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Hanna Basin Museum and Historical Society
P.O. Box 252
502 Front Street, Hanna WY 82327
​(307) 325-6465
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Summer Hours: Friday - Sunday 1:00 to 5:00 PM    Winter Hours: Saturday 1:00 to 5:00 PM
Summer hours start with Memorial Day and end with Labor Day.​

At the Museum

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Love's Amusement Center (Hanna Miner)
New Video
More at - The Hanna Amusement Hall - Love's

Image from the Past
Jimmy Kitching and His Music

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​More at: Remembering -  Kitching, Muriel, ​Mother Of The Museum and Jimmy Kitching: Playing His Music

The Hanna Miner - A Slideshow

Video from Bob Leathers
Music by The O'Neill Brothers Group - Instrumental Country Guitar: Coal Miner's Daughter

Hanna Basin Museum Website – A Connection To The Past