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A Monroe Intermediate student was recently rewarded for her countless hours of hard work. Sixth-grader Mariahn Litz was recently selected as a Wyoming ambassador for the NFL Fuel Up to Play 60 National Summit this summer in Chicago. Litz said she found out about her selection when her mom received an email. "I was very excited," Litz said. Monroe teacher Lori Hastert said it was a lengthy process that included getting enough points to qualify, accessing the program's website, tracking her...
The Green River Grapplers were once again strong at their annual home tournament. The team took first place at the annual Rudy Gunter Classic. Results: Brennyn Clark placed 3rd in Freestyle Cooper Wright placed 1st in Freestyle and 1st in Folkstyle Darris Todd placed 2nd in Freestyle and 3rd in Folkstyle Noah Mower placed 4th in Freestyle and 4th in Folkstyle Garrett York placed 3rd in Freestyle and 2nd in Folkstyle Bentley Flanders placed 2nd in Freestyle and 1st in Folkstyle Colin Lee placed 2nd in Folkstyle Tavin Vendetti placed 1st in...
Thanks to the internet, entertainment options are plentiful. From streaming video websites such as Netflix, Hulu and Youtube, to online offerings from AMC, NBC and HBO, the internet has helped create an all-you-can-eat buffet of options for almost anything in existence. However, that wasn’t always the case and it wasn’t too long ago when the only options for television entertainment consisted of three different channels, all of which were black and white. The Sweetwater County Historical Museum’s oral history files include a presentation and d...
In 1872, an adobe and wood building was constructed on 125 E. Railroad Ave. Over the years, this business changed owners and names, but it always acted as bar, even illegally during prohibition. According to historical documents from the Sweetwater County Historical Museum, prominent businessmen, Joe Payne and George Spinner owned the building in the 1800s. The first known business was called the U.P. Saloon. An advertisement for the U.P. Saloon appeared in a Green River Star's 1891 proclaiming...
In 1968, Green River celebrated its 100th anniversary. While some towns of similar sizes may not have witnessed substantial growth in their first century, this was certainly not the case for Green River, the town entered 1968 thriving. Just a quick look back at the Jan. 4, 1968 issue of the Green River Star showed that the town was rapidly expanding with a boom in energy related expansion as well as a thriving downtown area. The lead story on the front page focused on not only substantial mine and trona refinery construction, but also a great...
The Green River of today is a far different place than it was 60 years ago. What was once a small railroad town, has increased in population by 9,000 since 1950, and the amount of land in Green River has grown exponentially. Businesses have come and gone, and longtime local families have been joined by a steady stream of newcomers, who are always welcomed with open arms. The railroad has remained a pivotal part of the community, and the six decades have witnessed the area becoming the "Trona...
Theater, hotel open after The Morris Mercantile burns down. Interim Sweetwater County Museum director Brigida Blasi said the Morris Mercantile was built in 1891 owned by Edward J. Morris. He was the son of Esther Hobart Morris, who was known in the community as the first female Justice of the Peace in South Pass City. Edward Morris was the first Green River mayor and a member of the constitutional convention to make Wyoming a state. The Morris Mercantile Company was known for providing Green...
(Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in the Green River Star in 1992.) Green River had a sawmill from the time of the origin of the town in 1868 and operated up until 1920 when the Union Pacific Railroad expanded its railroad yards to the east. The sawmill was located on the north bank of the Green River just above the mouth of the Bitter Creek. There were five enterprising men that could foresee the future of the local area. In 1867, Charles Deloney contracted with the Union Pacific Railroad Company to furnish ties for the r...
Today, Green River is a small city with nearly 13,000 people and hundreds of businesses, ranging from small, home-based businesses to franchised restaurants and corporate-owned stores. However, a little more than a century ago, Green River’s size and population were much smaller. In fact, a business directory spanning 1908 and 1909 lists only 38 businesses and professions in and around Green River. A transcribed conversation kept at the Sweetwater County Historical Museum between Henry F. Chady and Wiley F. Shaver, occurring October 1970, s...
Over the course of a century, many things tend to come and go. Ideas, technology, goods and even services crop up, but get buried in the wake progress creates. This happens with businesses too. However, there are those that survive the test of time and continue on almost like they have when they were first founded. Rock Springs Hide & Fur is one such business. One of the oldest family-owned businesses in Rock Springs, it joins other long-lived businesses including RSNB, Superior Lumber Co.,...
While many look back at the economic boom occurring in Sweetwater County throughout the 1970s through the lens of Dan Rather's report on Rock Springs during a segment on "60 Minutes" or though hazy recollections involving wild times, one thing people don't often recall is how the boom left a lasting mark on Green River. An interview stored in the Sweetwater County Historical Museum's collection of oral histories sheds a little light on how Green River was impacted by the boom. The interview, tak...
(Editor’s Note: The following article originally appeared in the Green River Star in 1994.) In 1888, Mr. Robert Morris and Mr. Hunter established the Morris and Hunter Bank and operated it in conjunction with the Hunter & Morris General Merchandise, which was located in block 20 in the Railroad yards on the north side of West Second South, across from the present apartments at 95 South Second West Street. The Morris brothers, Robert and Edward, purchased the Hunter & Morris General Merchandise and the Morris Hunter Bank, forming the Morris M...
The Sugar Bowl, which was just a white building with a white sign in front of it on Flaming Gorge Way, was the main hangout for teenagers. Green River Resident Richard Watson said he can recall the summer of 1947, he was 23 then and had returned with a seismograph crew to look at an oil expansion project. "I was a little bit old for the Sugar Bowl, because it was kind of a teenage place and I was 23," Watson said. However, that did not stop him from at least checking the place out. According to...
