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.
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 -
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
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
Mike Armstrong, Public Relations Director
April Avery, Museum Staff
Hanna Basin Museum and Historical Society
P.O. Box 252
502 Front Street, Hanna WY 82327
(307) 325-6465
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.
P.O. Box 252
502 Front Street, Hanna WY 82327
(307) 325-6465
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
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
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
Music by The O'Neill Brothers Group - Instrumental Country Guitar: Coal Miner's Daughter