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.
Created: August 1, 2010
Last Updated: September 27, 2020
- Over Ten Years of Sharing -
Last Updated: September 27, 2020
- Over Ten Years of Sharing -
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HANNA BASIN MUSEUM AND CUMMINGS/CRAWFORD COTTAGE (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.
Special visiting hours may be arranged by contacting Sunshine Solaas.
Sunshine Solaas, Museum Director
Contact information: HannaBasinMuseum@gmail.com (Attention: Sunshine)
Mike Armstrong, Public Relations Director
Contact information: HannaBasinMuseum@gmail.com (Attention: Mike)
April Avery, Museum Staff
Contact information: HannaBasinMuseum@gmail.com (Attention: April)
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.
Special visiting hours may be arranged by contacting Sunshine Solaas.
Sunshine Solaas, Museum Director
Contact information: HannaBasinMuseum@gmail.com (Attention: Sunshine)
Mike Armstrong, Public Relations Director
Contact information: HannaBasinMuseum@gmail.com (Attention: Mike)
April Avery, Museum Staff
Contact information: HannaBasinMuseum@gmail.com (Attention: April)
Image from the Past
1890
1890: Hanna's First School was built. The first school would later become a miner's boarding house and then the Hanna hospital.
HANNA'S FIRST SCHOOL BUILT IN 1890. (WHILE FAMILY COLLECTION from Bob Leathers)
More at: Hanna Schools
September 5, 2020: Wildfire at Hanna
More information and images at - Wildfire at Hanna
(Image from April Avery, Sept. 5, 2020)
(Image from April Avery, Sept. 5, 2020)
More at: Wildfire at Hanna
What's New or Updated on the Website?
This website and its content is provided by Bob Leathers in cooperation with the Hanna Basin Historical Society.
Website contact information: HannaBasinMuseum@gmail.com (Attention: Bob)
September 2020
- Updated September 9, 2020: New images added - Wildfire at Hanna
- Updated September 8, 2020: New images - Rosebud Coal Sales at Hanna, Wyoming
- New September 5, 2020: Wildfire at Hanna Today
- Updated September 2, 2020: More Energy Development images from George Lindblade - The Energy Development Company and The Resource Exploration Mining Company at Hanna, Wyoming
August 2020
- Updated August 18, 2020: New names added - A List of Hanna Basin People Nicknames
- Updated August 9, 2020: New images - 1960 - 2000: Rosebud Coal Sales at Hanna, Wyoming
- Updated August 8, 2020: New images: Remembering: Michael Vickers Love, Air Force Lieutenant Colonel, Killed in the Line of Duty
- Updated August 8, 2020: New image and information -1970 - 2017: Arch Mineral Corporation and Arch of Wyoming at Hanna, Wyoming
- Updated August 7, 2020: New image - Images from Early Hanna Basin and Wyoming
- Updated August 6, 2020: New image and information - Carbon: Aka: Old Carbon and Carbon City
- Updated August 5, 2020: New image and format - Carbon Mine Fatality Records for 1869 - 1901
The Hanna Miner - A Slideshow
from Bob Leathers
Music by The O'Neill Brothers Group - Instrumental Country Guitar: Coal Miner's Daughter
Music by The O'Neill Brothers Group - Instrumental Country Guitar: Coal Miner's Daughter
Website Guidelines
- Our goal is to honor the history of the Hanna Basin by providing detailed and accurate information.
- We welcome comments and documented corrections 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.
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- Individuals wishing to use documents or images from this website must first receive permission from the Hanna Basin Museum Website. Please contact us at HannaBasinMuseum@gmail.com (Attention: Bob)