Hanna Basin Museum Website Notebook
The Notebook from Bob Leathers
Carbon: Aka Carbon City and Old Carbon
1868 - 1892:
1868
- Notes: Carbon Cemetery Records
1868:
2003:
2012 August 5:
Hanna Labor Day parade and activities at the town park and baseball field. Note the coal slag pile in the center background from the Union Pacific Coal Company's No. 2 mine.
Hanna
Buildings and Businesses
1889:
H. No. 4 Mine, 1. Mary Ford’s Hanna Hotel 2. Hanna Post Office, 3. Butler’s - Milliken’s Confectionary and Candy Store 4. Mark Jackson’s Barber Shop, 5. Photo Shop, 6. Doctor’s Office – William and Mary Jones’ Home, 7. Hanna State and Savings Bank, 8. Finnish Boarding House, 9. Thomas Jackson’s Store, 10. Sam Dickinson's Dry Good Store, 11. Jack Pickup’s House, 12. Millie While's Candy Store – Apartments – Shoe Repair Shop in the Back. 13. John Milliken’s Livery, Stable and Barn, 14. Linden Hall, First Aid Hall, Library, Community Hall and Hanna Basin Museum, 15. First Union Pacific Coal Company Store, 16. Mortuary, 17. First Hospital, 18. First Doctor's Office, 19. Thomas Love’s Opera House and Club Room, 20. Union Pacific Railroad Water Tower, 21. Union Pacific Railroad Coal Chutes, 22. Union Pacific Railroad Depot, 23. Union Pacific Railroad Roundhouse and Machine Shop, 24. Episcopal Church, 25. Methodist Church, 26. Catholic Church, 27. Finnish Lutheran Church, 28. Original School – Cottage Home Boarding House – Second Hospital – Braun Home, 29. Thomas Love's Amusement Center, 30. Second Union Pacific Coal Company Store, 31. Finn Hall, 32. Allen Family Bakery - Pete Puro's Bakery, 33. Two Story Block School Building, 34. School Utility Building, Kindergarten and Lunchroom, 35. First School Gymnasium, 40. Mine No. 2 and Mine No. 4 Bath House, 41. Mine No. 4 Support Buildings
- Notes: Hanna's Front Street and Other Historical Buildings and Locations - The notes include:
H. No. 4 Mine, 1. Mary Ford’s Hanna Hotel 2. Hanna Post Office, 3. Butler’s - Milliken’s Confectionary and Candy Store 4. Mark Jackson’s Barber Shop, 5. Photo Shop, 6. Doctor’s Office – William and Mary Jones’ Home, 7. Hanna State and Savings Bank, 8. Finnish Boarding House, 9. Thomas Jackson’s Store, 10. Sam Dickinson's Dry Good Store, 11. Jack Pickup’s House, 12. Millie While's Candy Store – Apartments – Shoe Repair Shop in the Back. 13. John Milliken’s Livery, Stable and Barn, 14. Linden Hall, First Aid Hall, Library, Community Hall and Hanna Basin Museum, 15. First Union Pacific Coal Company Store, 16. Mortuary, 17. First Hospital, 18. First Doctor's Office, 19. Thomas Love’s Opera House and Club Room, 20. Union Pacific Railroad Water Tower, 21. Union Pacific Railroad Coal Chutes, 22. Union Pacific Railroad Depot, 23. Union Pacific Railroad Roundhouse and Machine Shop, 24. Episcopal Church, 25. Methodist Church, 26. Catholic Church, 27. Finnish Lutheran Church, 28. Original School – Cottage Home Boarding House – Second Hospital – Braun Home, 29. Thomas Love's Amusement Center, 30. Second Union Pacific Coal Company Store, 31. Finn Hall, 32. Allen Family Bakery - Pete Puro's Bakery, 33. Two Story Block School Building, 34. School Utility Building, Kindergarten and Lunchroom, 35. First School Gymnasium, 40. Mine No. 2 and Mine No. 4 Bath House, 41. Mine No. 4 Support Buildings
1890:
1984:
2019:
- Notes:: Hanna Basin Today
Celebrations
1912 - 2018:
- Notes:: Hanna Decoration / Memorial Day
1909:
- Notes:: Hanna Labor Day
1915:
1920:
1925 January:
Cemetery
1889
- Notes: Hanna Cemetery Records
1925 November 22:
1942
2017 May 14:
Coal Mining
1869 - 2012:
1900 - 1954
1914 April 20:
1924:
1925 March:
1954 February:
1800-1900's
1800 -1900's
- Music: Coal Mining Music
1970 - 1980:
- Notes:: Hanna Strip Mine Blasting Videos
2015 Friday December 18:
2017 July 18:
Happenings
1929:
1949:
- Notes:: The Great Blizzard of 1949
1942:
1951:
2020 September 5:
Monuments
1920 July 4:
1932:
1984 May 27:
Music, Poetry and Organizations
1889:
- Notes:: Hanna Music and Bands
1900's
1909:
- Notes:: Hanna Baseball
1925 June:
- Notes:: Hanna Girl Scout and Brownies
1925 September:
- Notes:: Hanna Boy Scouts
1927 April:
1927 April:
1936:
- Notes: Loyal Order of the Moose
1993 May:
2018 May:
- Notes:: The Old Hanna - Elmo Fire Truck
Newspapers, Books and Magazines
1953:
1979 April 12:
- Notes:: The First Issue of the Hanna Herald
Museum
1939 - 2003 June 12:
- Notes:: The Cummings / Crawford Cottage
2015 June 20:
2018 November 20:
Old Timers
1889 -1954
1924:
Schools
1889 - 1961:
- Notes: Hanna Schools
1921 February:
1921 June:
Timber and Logging
1960:
- Notes:: Hanna Sawmill
Union Pacific Railroad
1867:
- Notes: Early History of the Union Pacific Railroad - Depot, Steam Engines. Switch Crew, Mail Pick-up, Section Crews, Gandy Dancers, Trains Today
1867:
1941: A tribute to the "Big Boy" locomotives produced by Union Pacific, "Last of the Giants" shows the end of a memorable era in Western Railroading. The "Big Boy" is the popular name of the American Locomotive Company 4000-class 4-8-8-4 articulated, coal-fired, steam locomotives manufactured between 1941 and 1944 and operated by the Union Pacific Railroad until 1959. (Archive.org)
1987:
2005 September:
2017 April 18:
2017 April 18:
2019 May 17 and May 4:
Elmo and Sampo - Finn Towns
1908:
1917:
- Notes:: Elmo's First Street and Other Historical Buildings and Locations. The notes include:
Leo - The North Country
1909 June 14:
- Notes:: The Pathfinder Dam near Hanna
2001:
- Notes:: Carbon and Hanna: More Than Coal
Website Guidlines
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