Hanna Basin Museum
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  • Carbon
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    • CARBON CEMETERY RECORDS
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    • 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
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    • HANNA HAPPENINGS
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      • 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
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    • A History of the Hanna Coal Miner from 1868 to 2017: Bob Leathers' Notebook
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      • Hanna 1903 Explosion Explained
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      • List of Miners Killed in the March 28, 1908 Explosions
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      • 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
2011: Bow River FFA Community Service Project:  Carbon Cemetery
by 
Quade Palm, Bow River FFA Reporter
The Hanna Basin Museum and Carbon Cemetery Association would like to thank the Bow River FFA for their work at the Carbon Cemetery. 

Amazing work provided by amazing young adults.

July, 2011

Page by Bob Leathers


In July, 2011, the Bow River FFA Chapter began a community service project for the historic Carbon Cemetery.  Chapter members gathered at the cemetery and planted 2 Black Hills Spruce trees and installed an irrigation system.  The trees were planted to replace the old trees that had died in two burial plots. The irrigation system consists of a 400 gallon polyurethane water tank, which was hooked up to gravity fed drip lines.  A chapter member refilled the tank about twice a week throughout the summer and fall to keep the trees watered.

In September, the Bow River FFA Chapter took their community service project to the classroom, building a sturdy pole walk-through gate in their Woodshop Class.  On a windy, blustery day in November, chapter members again gathered at the Carbon Cemetery to erect the gate and winterize the newly planted trees.  Students drained the drip lines and put elk fence around the trees to protect them from winter winds and wildlife.  They also put up temporary snow fence on the east side of the cemetery to catch snow and minimize soil erosion from the winter winds.

These projects have been done in accordance with the Carbon Cemetery's Historic Preservation Plan.  The walk through gate was recommended to allow access on foot, while the large drive through gate could be locked most of the year to discourage unnecessary vehicular traffic into the cemetery.  The new gate is handicap accessible and vehicular access will still be available for cemetery functions and upon special request.

The Bow River FFA and the Carbon Cemetery Association hope to continue their cooperative efforts in the coming year to meet further objectives of the Carbon Cemetery Historic Preservation Plan.

Bow River FFA members participating were:   Darby Bowen, Shelby Bowen, Landon Briggs, Austin Christopherson, Haley Clark, Brittany Dys, Jacob Ellis, Jon Ellis, Patrick Ellis, Logan Heward, Timothy Heward, Wyatt Houston, Maggie Johnson,  Jacinda Leturgey, Quade Palm, Rylie Richardson, Chris Strauch and Jake Sutter.  Chapter Advisor is Jason Hubbard.  All students are pictured in the various pictures but not all students are pictured together in a single picture.

July 2011, FFA Chapter members planted two Black Hills Spruce trees and installed an irrigation system. 


In the fall of 2011, the FFA students erect a gate and winterize the newly planted trees. They drained the drip lines and put elk fence around the trees to protect them from winter winds and wildlife.  They also put up temporary snow fence on the east side of the cemetery to catch snow and minimize soil erosion from the winter winds.

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