Hanna Basin Museum
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      • Arthurs, Peter Killed in Action World War I
      • Love, Michael V. Killed In The Line Of Duty
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      • 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
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    • A History of the Hanna Coal Miner from 1868 to 2017: Bob Leathers' Notebook
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      • 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
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    • 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
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    • 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
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  • Notebook

1963 October 2: A Large Cattle Drive from Elk Mountain
​ to Hanna's Union Pacific Railroad Stockyard

Images and notes from Randy Shipman and Gail Bulkley (Withrow) with contributions from Bob Leathers

October 2, 1963: a large cattle drive from Elk Mountain to the Union Pacific Railroad stockyard at Hanna must have been a sight to see. 

Big Cattle Shipment Starts After 30 Mile Trail Drive
(Rawlins Daily Times Article  Ron and Jewell Lee Withrow collection from Gail Bulkley)
One of the largest single cattle shipments in Carbon County history took place yesterday when Barcross Land and Livestock Company of Pinedale shipped about 2,500 head of steers to feedlots in Galesburg, Illinois.

Senator Norman Barlow, Barcross owner, said the steers have been pastured in Palm Basin about 30 miles south of Hanna since April. Palm Basin is owned by Gerry and Norman Palm of Palm Livestock Company.

Last Apri, Sen. Barlow said, calves were gathered from Barcross ranches at Burley, Idaho and Deeth, Nevada for shipment to Hanna.

Yesterday the steers were loaded into 70 Union Pacific cattle cars. From Hanna they will travel to Omaha, Nebraska where they will be switched to the CB&Q Railroad Company for the balance of the trip to Galesburg.

Billy Anderson, UP freight agent at Rawlins, said the cattle will travel on a special schedule. The shipment reportedly will travel the 998 miles to Galesburg faster than any cattle shipment in railroad history. The trip is scheduled to be made in less time than a streamliner passenger train would take. (Rawlins Daily Times)
There They Go
One of the largest cattle shipments in Carbon County history - 2,500 head of steers - left Hanna via Union Pacific Railroad for feedlots at Galesburg, Illinois yesterday. Watching the loading process are (L to R) Mrs. Ed Palm, Sr., Senator Norman Barlow, Mrs. Jerry Palm, Jerry Palm, Hanna Mayor Ron Withrow and Mrs. Louis Boles. The pint-sized cowboy was not identified. (Rawlins Daily Times)
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(Image from Rawlins Daily Times)

At Elk Mountain

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(Don and Phyllis Shipman Collection from Randy Shipman)
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(Don and Phyllis Shipman Collection from Randy Shipman)
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(Don and Phyllis Shipman Collection from Randy Shipman)
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(Don and Phyllis Shipman Collection from Randy Shipman)
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(Don and Phyllis Shipman Collection from Randy Shipman)
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(Don and Phyllis Shipman Collection from Randy Shipman)
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(Don and Phyllis Shipman Collection from Randy Shipman)
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(Don and Phyllis Shipman Collection from Randy Shipman)

Union Pacific Railroad Stockyard at Hanna

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(Don and Phyllis Shipman Collection from Randy Shipman)
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Union Pacific Railroad Stock Yards in Hanna (Don and Phyllis Shipman Collection from Randy Shipman)
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A Cattle Drive from Elk Moutain to the Union Pacific Railroad Stockyards in Hanna. (Ron and Jewell Lee Withrow collection from Gail Bulkley)
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A Cattle Drive to the Union Pacific Railroad Stockyard in Hanna. (Don and Phyllis Shipman Collection from Randy Shipman)
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Loading cattle onto cattle cars at the Union Pacific Railroad Stockyard in Hanna. (Don and Phyllis Shipman Collection from Randy Shipman)
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Louis Boles (Ron and Jewell Lee Withrow collection from Gail Bulkley)
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(Don and Phyllis Shipman Collection from Randy Shipman)
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Union Pacific Railroad Stockyards in Hanna, First man on the left is unknown then Henry Cheesebrough and Louis Boles. (Don and Phyllis Shipman Collection from Randy Shipman)
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(Ron and Jewell Lee Withrow collection from Gail Bulkley)

Some of the people in two photos below are: Louis Boles – Brand Inspector; Bob Klaren – worked for Bar Cross; Henry Chesborough; Norm Barlow; John and Marjorie Runner; Jerry and Nancy Palm; Louise Boles; I think Jewell Lee Withrow and my dad Don Shipman. (Randy Shipman)
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(Don and Phyllis Shipman Collection from Randy Shipman)
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(Don and Phyllis Shipman Collection from Randy Shipman)

The note below is from cattle owner Norman Barlow to Don Shipman, representative of the Union Pacific Railroad in Hanna, Wyoming. (Don and Phyllis Shipman Collection from Randy Shipman)
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