Hanna Basin Museum
  • Museum
    • Membership and Support
    • Items Available for Purchase at the Museum
    • Order Form for Materials Available for Purchase at the Museum
  • Early Settlers
    • Remembering Early Hanna Basin Settlers
    • Map of Hanna - 1939
  • Carbon
    • Hanna Basin Museum - Time Line
    • Carbon Cemetery Records
    • Carbon Mine Fatality Records
    • 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
  • Hanna
    • A Chronological History​ of Wyoming's Hanna Basin
    • THE HANNA CEMETERY: From the Bottom of the Mine
    • Hanna Cemetery Records
    • Hanna Burial Plots and Lots >
      • Hanna Blocks and Lots 1 - 6
      • Hanna Plots 1 - 50
      • Hanna Plots 51 - 80
      • Hanna Plots 81 - 129
      • Hanna Plots 130 - 175
      • Hanna Plots 176 - 209
      • Hanna Plots 210 - 298
      • Hanna Plots 299 - 349
      • Hanna Plots 350 - 379
      • Hanna Plots 380 - 419
      • Hanna Plots 420 - 500
    • Hanna Early Churches >
      • Introduction to Hanna’s Early Churches
      • Episcopal Church - History, Bell and Cross
      • Methodist Church - Organ
    • Hanna Military in the Hanna Cemetery >
      • Hanna Cemetery - In The Military
      • 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
    • Hanna Cemetery - Japanese Monuments Transcribed
    • Grave Monuments for Hanna Miner Fatalities Buried Elsewhere
    • Hanna Where Did They Come From?
  • Coal Miners
    • A History of the Hanna Coal Miner from 1868 to 2017: Bob Leathers' Notebook
    • Hanna June 30, 1903 Mine Explosion >
      • Hanna 1903 Explosion Explained
      • List of Miners Killed in the June 30, 1903 Explosion
      • 1903 Explosion Coroner's Inquest
      • 1904 State Mine Inspector's Report for 1903 Explosion
      • 1903 Explosion - Earle Holmes Letter to Wilson Gobble
    • Hanna March 28, 1908 Mine Explosions >
      • Hanna 1908 Mine Explosions Explained
      • List of Miners Killed in the March 28, 1908 Explosions
      • Noah Young's 1908 Hanna Explosion Report to Governor B.B. Brooks
      • 1908 Explosion Coroner's Inquest Report
      • 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
    • Hanna Basin Mines and Maps
    • 1917 Labor Agreement Between the United Mine Workers of America and the Southern Wyoming Coal Operators
    • 1916 Labor Agreement Between the United Mine Workers of America and the Southern Wyoming Coal Operators
    • Becker Strip Mine Blasting Videos
  • Gallery
    • Hanna Trains
    • Film, Albert and Margaret (Briggs) Film - The McNulty Collection
    • Hanna Drawings by Harv Wilbur From His Book Hanna Field
    • Hanna Depot and Operators
    • Hanna - Elmo Fire Truck
    • Hanna Basin Today
  • Exhibits
    • Cummings / Crawford Cottage
    • 1868 - 1892: Town of Carbon Aka: Old Carbon and Carbon City
    • 1890 - 1954: Hanna School Alumni, Staff and Activities From the Early Years
    • 1900 - 1982: The Finn Hall
    • 1900 - 1954: Hanna Decoration Day, Labor Day, Recreation, Sports and Music Remembered
    • The Hanna Amusement Center - Love's
    • 1895: The Linden Hall turned Community Hall then Hanna Basin Museum
    • 1889 June 2: The Wild Bunch
    • 1905 - 1920: Union Pacific Coal Company's No. 3 Mine in Hanna
    • 1908: The Sampo Coal Company and The Town of Sampo
    • 1909: Medicine Bow, Wyoming, Became Incorporated and Hanna'a Neighbor
    • 1911 - 1925: Union Pacific Coal Companies No. 3.5 Mine
    • 1911 - ​1941: The Union Pacific Coal Company's No. 4 mine in Hanna
    • 1912 - 1925: The Union Pacific Coal Company's No. 3.5 Mine ​in Hanna
    • 1914 April 20: The Ludlow Massacre Affected Hanna
    • 1916 April 21: William "Wild Bill" Carlisle Robbed a Train Near Hanna
    • 1917: Elmo Became Incorporated
    • 1920 July 4: The Soldiers' Monument ​ at the Hanna school was dedicated to the World War I Veterans
    • 1936 - 1958: The Nugget Coal Company Operated in Hanna and Elmo, Wyoming
    • 1937-1969: Monolith Portland Midwest Coal Company Mined Coal in Elmo
    • 1942-1954: The Union Pacific Coal Company's Hanna No. 4A Mine
    • 1949: The Great Blizzard
    • 1949: The 1949 Hanna High School Annual, The Miner, Published Some Interesting Hanna Historical Dates
    • 1954 March: The Federal Commodity Program Helped Feed the Miners and Their Families ​ After the Union Pacific Coal Company Coal Mines in Hanna Close
    • 1970-1983: Energy Development and Resource Exploration Mined Coal In Hanna
    • 1979 April 12 - The First Issue of the Hanna Herald was printed
    • 1984 May 27: Hanna Miner's Monument Dedicated
    • 1984: Hanna Recreation Center Was Built
    • 1993 May: Memories of Hanna by Betty (Daniels) Poulos
    • 2001: Carbon and Hanna More Than Coal
    • 2003: Carbon Cemetery Clean Up and Restoration
    • 2011: Lamp Post from Love's Amusement Hall on Display at the Museum
    • 2012 August 5: Nils Simelius' Grave in Carbon Was Visited by His Family From Finland
    • June 20, 2015: A New Addition to the Hanna Basin Museum Was Started
    • 2015: Hanna Basin Museum Honors Amelia Leino and Lillian Turner
    • 2015 Friday December 18: The Last Underground Coal Mine in the United Kingdom Closed
    • 2017 April 18: The Union Pacific Steam Engine 844 Visited Hanna
    • 2017 July 13: The Last Dragline in Hanna Was Demolished
    • 2017 August 21: A Total Solar Eclipse in Hanna
    • 2018 May 27: Memorial Day in Hanna Was Held at the VFW Park
    • 2018 July 19: The West and East Entrances to the Union Pacific Coal Company's No. 1 Mine in Hanna were Located. The No. 1 Mine Closed in 1908 after killing 249 Men Over Its Brief History.
    • November 20, 2018: New Lincoln Highway Exhibit Coming to the Hanna Basin Museum
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Hanna Basin Museum – A Connection To The Past