Saturday was one of those almost but not quite days for the Campbell County boys soccer team.
Top-ranked and consensus favorite to win the Class 4A state soccer tournament, the Camels fell just … More
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Gillette histories
Dec. 13. 2012
Posted 12/13/12
From the Dec. 6, 1934 News Record:
Men working under the direction of the state Game and Fish Department recently trapped seven mountain sheep in the Jackson Hole country. It was the first time in the United States that the wily animals ever have been captured alive, according to Dr. Robert A. Hocker, game commissioner. The sheep were immediately taken to Sheridan where they were released on a preserve in the Big Horn Mountains for the purpose of propagation. Weeks of work were required before the catch was made. Skilled hunters built corrals along a sheep runway near the head of Flat Creek and placed hay in the trap. Eventually the sheep walked into it, after the had become accustomed to the corrals. Dr. Hocker said 13 more sheep will be taken to Sheridan later this year.
From the Dec. 11, 1947 News Record:
The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission planted 70 pounds of fish in the Campbell County reservoirs, according to an announcement made this week. There was 25 pounds of large mouth bass, 160 fish placed in the Caballo Lake and 135 bullhead catfish, weighing 45 pounds in the McClelland reservoir. The revealment of this activity was delayed until the close of the fishing season, so the fisherman would not fish them too closely before they become established.
From the Dec. 26, 1968 News Record:
The Navy Achievement medal was presented to DC 3c Raymond McDonald, son of Mr. and Mrs. W.J. McDonald of Gillette, for having assisted Sept. 6 in rescuing a man who had fallen off a pier in Subic Bay, Phillippine Islands. The citation, which was signed be Vice Admiral W.F. Bringle of the United States Seventh Fleet, was presented “For heroism while attached to and serving in USS Braine (DD-630) in R Division.” McDonald had seen a man floundering near a a pier and two other shipmates were struggling to keep the man afloat, the citation read and continued: Petty Officer McDonald entered the water and joined them in their efforts. With their assistance and the help of one other shipmate, the man was successfully rescued. Petty Officer McDonald’s prompt and courageous actions in the face of great personal risk undoubtedly saved a man from drowning and were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.
