Hanna, Carbon County, Wyoming
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.
This website is provided by Bob Leathers in cooperation with the Hanna Basin Historical Society.
Created: August 1, 2010
Last Updated: November 12, 2019
Website contact information: HannaBasinMuseum@gmail.com (Attention: Bob)
Last Updated: November 12, 2019
Website contact information: HannaBasinMuseum@gmail.com (Attention: Bob)
Image from the Past
St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Hanna Wyoming (painting from Maria O'Conner, 1980)
More information about St. Joseph's at: Introduction to Hanna, Wyoming's, Early Churches
Hanna Basin Museum and Cummings/Crawford Cottage (Image by Bob Leathers, 2015)
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: Friday 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: Friday 1:00 to 5:00 PM
Summer hours start with Memorial Day and end with Labor Day.
Regular Hours: Friday, 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm.
Special visiting days and times may be arranged by contacting the Museum Coordinator, Sunshine Solaas at:
Hanna Basin Museum@gmail.com (Attention: Sunshine)
Hanna Basin Museum@gmail.com (Attention: Sunshine)
View some of the recent visitors to the museum.
New or Updated Content on the Website
November 2019
Updated November 7, 2019:
Added an audio interview with Gert Milliken about Hanna and Elmo. Excellent information.
Added an audio interview with Gert Milliken about Hanna and Elmo. Excellent information.
- Remembrance : Milliken, Gertrude "Gert": Local Historian
Why did the Union Pacific Coal Company, in the late1920's, paint the name of their buildings on each building roof? The question is answered below.
Lindbergh (Union Pacific Coal Company Employe's Magazine Volume 6, Number 3, March 1929)
- Our goal is to honor the history of the Hanna Basin by providing detailed and accurate information.
- We welcome comments, documented corrections and additions 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.
- Individuals wishing to use images from this website must first receive permission from the Hanna Basin Museum. Please use the Contact Us page to send requests, comments and information to the museum or send an email to HannaBasinMuseum@gmail.com (Attention: Bob)