Welcome to the Hanna Basin Museum Website
The best way to locate information on this website is to use the search box and subject tabs at the top of this page.
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: July 21, 2021
- Over Ten Years of Sharing -
Last Updated: July 21, 2021
- Over Ten Years of Sharing -
Website Provided by Bob Leathers in cooperation with the Hanna Basin Historical Society
Website contact information: HannaBasinMuseum@gmail.com (Attention: Bob)
HANNA BASIN MUSEUM AND CUMMINGS/CRAWFORD COTTAGE
Sunshine Solaas, Museum Director
Mike Armstrong, Public Relations Director
April Avery, Museum Staff
Contact at: hannamuseum1889@gmail.com
Mike Armstrong, Public Relations Director
April Avery, Museum Staff
Contact at: hannamuseum1889@gmail.com
Cummings - Crawford Cottage and Hanna Basin Museum (Image by by Bob Leathers - Hanna Basin Museum Website)
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: Saturday 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: Saturday 1:00 to 5:00 PM
Summer hours start with Memorial Day and end with Labor Day.
- Fact Check: If you see something on this website that doesn't look accurate or fair, even a typo, please contact Bob at HannaBasinMuseum@gmail.com.
What's New or Updated on the Website?
July 2021
Updated - 1885: Hanna Cemetery Records
Updated - 1929: Hanna Citation from Charles Lindbergh
The Hanna Miner - A Slideshow
Video from Bob Leathers - Hanna Basin Museum Website
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
More Information about The Hanna Basin to Read Online
- Journal: February 16, 1930: Superintendent Sharrer of the Union Pacific Coal Company mines in Hanna published an article The History and Development of Mechanization at Hanna Mines in The Mining Congress Journal, Volume 19. (Journal copy provided by Liz Sharrer, Superintendent Sharrer's granddaughter)
- Directory: 1976 Wyoming Coal Directory
Links to Other Museums
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Website Guidelines
Thank you to all the individuals and families around the world that have contributed amazing information and images to this website. Their generous contributions have greatly enhanced our understanding of the people and events that occurred in the Hanna Basin.
- 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)