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
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  • 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

1924: The Union Pacific Coal Company's Old Timers' Association

Notes from Bob Leathers with contribution from Bill Becker

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Union Pacific Coal Company Old Timers Association Pin Earned by Jack Hearne ​(Jack Hearne Family Collection)

1924

The Union Pacific Coal Company's Old Timers' Association was created in June 1924. It was situated in Rock Springs, Wyoming. The first annual reunion of the Association was held June 13, 1925 in Rock Springs with Eugene McAuliffe, the president of the Union Pacific Coal Company, as the main speaker.
The outstanding creation of the past twenty years was the organization of the Union Pacific Coal Company's Old Timers' Association, which held its first reunion at Rock Springs on June 13, 1925, with 269 members, their wives and guests in attendance. (UPCM)
The association was not short lived. Over time the association continued to grow and prosper.
June 17, 1939: The Association has grown in numbers. dignity and influence.  The fifteenth Annual Reunion held on June 17, 1939, a total of 752 members, (795 names listed as of April 1, 1940), with from twenty to sixty years of service, some of these scattered throughout the western states, with twelve Chinese veterans of the bitter days of 1885 living in far off China. We are proud  to acclaim these elder employes and it is a joy to know that many of them have sons, grandsons, and ever great-grandsons, working in Company mines. (UPCM)

1926: Union Pacific Coal Company's Hanna Old Timers

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1926

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Hanna Old Timers and Family Picnic (Union Pacific Coal Company Employe's Magazine, October 1926)

1927

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Hanna Old Timers, 1927 (Union Pacific Coal Company Employe's Magazine, April 1927)

1928

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(Union Pacific Coal Company Employe's Magazine, June 1928)

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(Union Pacific Coal Company Employe's Magazine, June 1928)

1929

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The New Old Timers' Community Building (UPCCEM, August 1929)

1930

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Hanna's Mrs. I. Rodda won first place in the womens' horsehoe pitching contest at the 1930 Old Timers Celebration (UPCCEM, July 1930)
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Hanna Band at Old Timers' Day in Rock Springs (UPCCEM, July 1930)

1931

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Union Pacific Coal Company (UOCCEM, Jan. 1931)

1932

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Old Timers Day (UPCCEM, June 1932)

1943

The First Aid and Field Day along with the Old Timers' Annual Reunion was cancelled due to the war.

1946

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Hanna Old Timers 40 Year Service. Men who received the forty-year service emblem. Left to right, back row: Edward Attryde, John A. Smith, Charles Kampsi, Anton Oblock, Lawrence Pivac, John Tomich, Evan Jones and William Wilkes. Front row: Alex Jelouchan, Albert Hicks, Mike Begovich, Sr., James Fearn, Henry Peterson, John Subic, Sr., Isaac Rautianen and Peter Uram.(UPCCEM, Nov. 1946)
Edward Attryde,  Hanna, Mike Begovich, Sr.,  Rock Springs, James Fearn,  Hanna, Albert Hicks,  Superior, Alex Jelouchan Rock Springs, Evan Jones,  Hanna, Charles Kampsi,  Superior, Anton Oblock,  Rock Springs, Henry Peterson,  Hanna, Lawrence Pivac,  Rock Springs, Isaac Rautiainen,  Rock Springs, John A. Smith,  Rock Springs, John Subic, Sr.,  Rock Springs,John Tomich,  Winton, Peter Uram,  Winton, William Wilkes,  Winton
 
The Hanna men who attained forty years service, and who were not presented their buttons at this time as they were unable to attend the meeting, were:
 
Fred Aalto, Henry Anderson, W. A. Briggs, Michael R. Cummings, Colin Hodgson, J. A. Huhtala, Albert Kautto, John Lehti, Isaac Maki, Charles Mellor, Thomas Mellor, Arthur Olofson, Nestor White. (UPCCEM, November 1946)
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Left to right: Henry Anderson, W. A. Briggs, John A. Huhtala, Albert Kautto, John Lehti,
Isaac Maki, Thomas Mellor and Nestor white, 40-year service employee at Hanna.
Hanna Old Timers Receive 40-Year Service Emblems
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Eight Old Timers who were unable to be present at the Old Timers’ Banquet and Presentation, October 6, at Rock Springs, were presented their 40-year service buttons during the monthly Safety Meeting held in the Hanna Theatre, November 12, 1946.
Mark Jackson’s Orchestra furnished the music for the special occasion, which proved to be entertaining and appropriate as in the past. Mr. V. O. Murray, General Manager, called the Old Timers to the stage and gave a brief resume of their enviable records. Mr. Henry Jones, Mine Clerk, presented the 40-year service buttons to the eight Old Timers for their faithful and devoted service record while in the employ of the Coal Company.  (UPCCEM, December 1946)

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