18 February 2024

The Amazing One in a Million Hand

By Mike Armstrong

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

 

Before the days of the internet and cable television, cards were a popular pastime to be enjoyed by friends and family in the evening before bed.

Bridge clubs were common from the 1940s to the 1970s. Spades was another popular game and then there was Pinochle, a game not quite as complicated as Bridge, but more complex than Spades.

25 November 2023
Do you know Thanksgiving?

By Mike Armstrong

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

 

The Thanksgiving holidays are over with many Carbon County residents getting ready for the next round of holiday cheer as Christmas starts to become on the horizon. In truth, Christmas indicators started in some places just as November began.

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26 August 2023
Did You Know?

People wishing to immigrate to the United States must pass a Civics exam in order to become a citizen.

 

Here are few questions from the 100 that are on the Civics (History and Government) Questions for the Naturalization Test from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

 

How many do you know?

 

What is the supreme law of the land?

The Constitution

 

19 August 2023
Did You Know?

The Unexplained Fate of Hal Collison in 1935

 

During the 1920s, Airmail services traced the Union Pacific railroad tracks from Omaha to San Francisco in their westward journey. This era witnessed Cheyenne emerge as a pivotal hub, with aircraft en route to the west passing over Carbon County.

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