By Mike Armstrong

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

The Pony Express came to the Hanna Basin Museum, when the director of the museum, Gerry Hutchen educated a half dozen young ones on what it was, on Tuesday, March 26, at around 1 p.m. 

By K.J. Schricker    

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

It was ten years before Ada Bouril Jackson traveled abroad. She went back to her new home in Saratoga. She bought a house that was known locally as “The Mouse House.” She worked at Old Baldy Club as a waitress. Ada took much of her spare time out on the prairie and up in the mountains discovering the rich local history and deep time history of Southern Wyoming and Colorado.

By Dana Davis

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

As March heralds Women’s History Month, Wyoming stands tall as a beacon of progress in the fight for gender equality. With a legacy dating back to its statehood on March 28, 1890, Wyoming proudly bears the title of “The Equality State” for its pioneering role in women’s suffrage.

By K.J. Schricker

Accessionist, Saratoga Museum

By K.J. Schricker

Accessionist, Saratoga Museum

By Mike Armstrong    

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

On March 3, at the Carbon County Museum, best-selling author C. J. Box was signing copies of his new “Joe Pickett” novel, “Three Inch Teeth”.

Carbon County Museum Director Tom Mensik was pleased with the crowd that showed up.

By K.J. Schricker

Accessionist, Saratoga Museum

Sometimes the business of cataloging a museum’s collection, there comes a time when you meet a hero across space and time. One of the most interesting people I have met since volunteering and working in the Saratoga Museum is the Archaeologist Ada Bouril-Jackson.

By Dana Davis    

Director, Saratoga Museum

Every year the Saratoga Museum takes over the Saratoga Lake for its ice golf scramble, The Frozen Fore. Now in it’s fourth year, the event has turned into one of the museum’s most popular and important fundraisers the museum hosts.

By Tom Mensik    

Director, Carbon County Museum

B. Tim Nicklas    

Director, Grand Encampment Museum

By Kelia McCuddy

Education and Outreach Manager, Carbon County Museum

I have worked at the Carbon County Museum for the last five years, and the Wyoming Frontier Prison for several years before I joined the Carbon County Museum staff. Both institutions have had a huge impact on my life. 

By Dana Davis

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

The Saratoga Museum hosted a memorable fundraiser on Saturday, January 6, at the Eagles Nest, nestled within the scenic Old Baldy Club. This delightful event brought together wine enthusiasts and supporters of the museum for an evening of fine wines, delectable hors d’oeuvres, and mouthwatering desserts.

By Tom Mensik     

Director, Carbon County Museum

By Connie Patterson

Saratoga/Ryan Park Museum Tax District

The Saratoga-Ryan Park Museum District will establish regular meeting times and dates, elect officers, name official publications and depositories at their first meeting in January, scheduled for January 11 at 5 p.m. at the Saratoga Museum.

By Mike Armstrong

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

8/26/2023

“Welcome to the murder scene of Robert Widdowfield and Henry Vincent almost to the hour 145 years ago,” Mark Miller, author of Big Nose George; The Troublesome Trail, told a group of about 40 people. “This is a pretty unique opportunity.”