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Dusty Trails

Sheridan Genealogical Society, Inc.

Wyoming Room, Sheridan County Library, 335 West Alger Street, Sheridan, Wyoming 82801

April : May : June

Spring1995

PRESIDENT'S DESK:

Dear Friends & Members,

Our current genealogy "season" is drawing to a close and as a rule, we bid fond adieu to our outgoing officers. In the spirit of coordinating our dues, newsletters and tenure of officers, we have changed the by-laws so that our active club year will now run from January to January. Consequently, the current officers will have to bear up for a few more months.

Anita Billingsley and Vernita Gordon will be taking over the newsletter beginning with the forthcoming issue. Thank you, Stan and Karen Woinoski for doing such a good job this past year.

We were saddened to hear of one of our member's death. Virginia Wright has contributed in so many ways to so many people over the years, she will be sorely missed. We extend our deepest sympathy to Marty Bacon and her family.

I am including a little "food -for thought" that was in a Reader Is Digest of a few months back and written by Bruce Bawer:

The higher You climb in your family tree, the more you'll realize that the tree's not really a tree. For as its branches divide again and again, more and more of them reconnect with one another, as well as with the branches of the family trees of everyone else on earth.

The further you look into your own genealogy, then, the more you're struck by the fact that we're all related to Dante and Mozart, to Churchill and Hitler, and to one another. To me, that's the ultimate lesson of genealogy: a lesson not in snobbery and self importance, but in the fact that we're all members of one large family.

We have such a good group of people in our society. If I tried to thank and acknowledge everyone who has contributed so much to furthering the history and genealogy in the libraries and in the area, we'd have to put out a special issue! Thank you for making this a successful year.

Perhaps the feeling of good will and kinship comes from the fact that we are afterall, just part of the big family.

Sincerely,

Vanna L. Schwamb

Wyoming Room news is on hold until moving is completed sometime later this spring. Temporary facilities are still upstairs, so come in and do some research.

A BIG thank you to Jacquelyn Romberg, Karen Woinoski and Carol Carbone for their latest CD donations. We now have the Sheridan County School Census covering 1895 to 1970 on microfilm in the Wyoming Room. The LDS Family Search Program is available for use in the Wyoming Room as-well.

A little more on the recent by-laws change and its bearing on the newsletter. The newsletter will be published four times per year. Dues must be paid before the new years first issue or you will miss out on receiving that issue. Anyone paying dues later than the February meeting will only receive the remaining issues. Dues will be $10.00 per member, $15.00 for a family membership. I hope this will help explain our distribution schedule. Any questions for submissions should be directed to Vernita Gordon or Anita Billingsley.

FAMILY HISTORY CENTER	OFFICERS
Tues & Wed 9 - 9 Sat 9 - 11 WYOMING ROOM M W Th F 9 - 12 & 1 - 5 T 12 - 4 & 5 - 9	President - Vice President - Secretary - Treasurer -	Vanna Schwamb Carol Carbone Alice Sholine Anita Billingsley
April Showers Bring May Flowers!

... continued from Winter 1994/95 Newsletter ...
NATURALIZED CITIZENS SHERIDAN COUNTY, WYOMING (BOOK #1)
compiled by Jacquelyn Romberg ...

NAME                     COUNTRY PAGE DATE

Dilli, Fred                   Germany     28 03 Nov 1896
Dipp, Philipp                 Germany     69 03 Nov 1902
Donaldson, Alexander          England     56 01 Nov 1900
Dudley, Alfred                England     11 09 Oct 1896

Dumbroske, John               Russia      72 04 Jun 1903
Dzendolet Casimir J.          Russia      43 02 Nov 1898
Ellis, James E.               Canada      19 31 Oct 1996
Fair, Frank                   Canada       4 19 Aug 1895

Flemming, William B.          England     53 23 Oct 1900
FIuhman, John                 Switzerland 18 31 Oct 1896
Gardner, Martha J. Merrifield England      6 24 Dec 1895
Giovani, Negro                Italy       60 05 Nov 1900

Gomes, Michael                Portugal    66 19 Dec 1901
Grigg, William B.             Canada      12 09 Oct 1896
Guderud, Engoald              Norway      39 22 Mar 1898
Gularte, Manuel               Portugal    34 03 Feb 1898

Hecht, Ida M.                 Germany     50 10 Mar 1900
Herland, Robert H.            Norway      37 30 Mar 1898
Hoaglan, Andrew               Sweden      54 24 Oct 1900
Jackins, Nettie               Canada       9 09 Jun 1896

Johnson, August Fonnander     Sweden      36 24 Feb 1898
Johnson, John Alfred          Sweden      23 02 Nov 1896
Johnson, Karl                 Norway      55 29 Oct 1900
Johnson, Louis A.             Sweden      13 19 Oct 1896

Johnson, Ola                  Sweden      52 22 Oct 1900
Joiner, John                  France      61 05 Nov 1900
Kennedy, Duncan               Canada      35 24 Feb 1898
Kennedy, Felix Eugene         Canada      17 22 Oct 1896

Kennedy, Michael              Canada      15 20 Oct 1896
Klotz, David                  Germany     29 03 Nov 1896
Klotz, Jacob                  Germany     29 03 Nov 1896
Krenzien, Julius              Germany     51 01 Oct 1900

Kusel, Henrick                Germany     62 05 Nov 1900
Kusel, John                   Germany     58 02 Nov 1900
Kusel, Wilhelm                Germany     57 02 Nov 1900
Kusel, Wilhelm Jr.            Germany     57 02 Nov 1900

Laier Adolph R.               Germany     51 25 Aug 1900
Laing, Alexander J.           Scotland    41 02 Nov 1898
Lamb, Peter                   Germany     25 03 Nov 1896
Larsen, Louis                 Denmark     39 08 Oct 1898

Lesik, Alex                   Austria     68 03 Oct 1902
Lorenzen, John Gustav         Germany     68 20 Sep 1902
Lowria, John                  Italy       58 05 Nov 1900
Martin, Nelson                Sweden      67 24 Jun 1902

Martin, Robert                Germany      2 08 Jun 1895
McCarthy, Patrick             Ireland     31 26 Dec 1896
McDonough, Martin             Canada       4 06 Aug 1895
Menge, Louis                  Germany     35 07 Feb 1898

Milward, Victor T.            England     49 09 Dec 1899
Moncreiffe, William           England     71 09 May 1903
Mossberg, Nels                Sweden      26 03 Nov 1896
Mossberg, Olaf                Sweden      26 03 Nov 1896

Muller, Charles               Germany      2 08 Jun 1895
Mullins, Annie Beatrice       Ireland     15 20 Oct 1896
Mullins, Georgia Agnes        Ireland     14 19 Oct 1896
Mydland, Elias E.             Norway      53 23 Oct 1900

Neis, Henry C.                Germany     10 05 Sep 1896
Nelson, Carrie                Sweden      22 02 Nov 1896
Nelson, Oscar                 Denmark      3 22 Jun 1895
Nordstrom, Andrew             Sweden      20 31 Oct 1896

Nordstrom, Joseph             Sweden      20 31 Oct 1896
Oberbach, Heinrich            Germany     28 03 Nov 1896
Olsen, Olaf                   Denmark     38 06 Jun 1898
Olson, Andy S.                Norway      40 27 Oct 1898

Olson, John                   Denmark     49 15 Jan 1900
Olson, Nels N                 Sweden      25 03 Nov 1896
Olson, Smidt                  Denmark     32 23 Apr 1897
Orr, Robert                   England      1 04 Jun 1895

Peterson, Andrew              Sweden      47 08 Nov 1898
Peterson, John                Denmark     50 30 Jun 1900
Petterson, John               Sweden      47 15 Dec 1898
Pletinck, Vierre              Belgium     61 05 Nov 1900

Powers, John                  Ireland     36 05 Mar 1898
Prince, James                 England     59 05 Nov 1900
Prince, John                  England     59 05 Nov 1900
Rand, Charles Bostwick        Scotland    42 02 Nov 1898

Rasmussen, Andrew             Denmark     22 02 Nov 1896
Renne, John                   England     44 05 Nov 1898
Rice, Daniel                  Canada       1 06 Jun 1895
Ritchie, James                Scotland    14 19 Oct 1896

Ritchie, James M. C.          Scotland    48 10 Sep 1899
Robinson, Charles             England     30 05 Dec 1896
Rogers, Thomas                England     34 17 Dec 1897
Rohwedder, Henry              Germany     17 21 Oct 1896

Roman, Ole                    Sweden      21 31 Oct 1896
Roy, Walter                   Scotland    65 27 Sep 1901
Rule, George                  England      6 09 Mar 1896
Saberhagen, Charles           Norway      40 24 Oct 1898

Samuelson. Gus                Sweden      46 08 Nov 1898
Saus, John F.                 Austria      7 30 Mar 1896
Savery, Thomas                England     19 31 Oct 1896
Schmitt, John                 Germany     67 18 Jul 1902

Schreibeis, Charles J.        Germany      5 14 Dec 1895
Schreibeis, Charles           Germany     16 20 Oct 1896
Schubert, Henry               Germany     27 03 Nov 1896
Scullens, Mary                Ireland     65 12 Nov 1901

Scullens, Thomas              Ireland     64 08 Feb 1901
Shutcosky, Leon               Austria     66 27 Mar 1902
Simonsen, Gustav A.           Norway      48 01 Sep 1899
Smith, Francis                Scotland     9 02 Sep 1896

Smith, William               Canada        7 09 Mar 1896
Solberg, Mathias             Norway        8 01 Jun 1896
Solga, Anton J.              Germany      11 06 Oct 1896
Sorenson, Chris P.           Denmark      63 12 Dec 1900

Sorenson, Niles Chris        Denmark      63 12 Dec 1900
Steinberg, Gustav            Germany      21 02 Nov 1896
Stockwell, George G.         England      23 02 Nov 1896
Stolze, Herman               Germany      54 27 Oct 1900

Strodtbeck, Frederike        Germany      73 25 Jun 1903
Teich, Hellmuth              Germany      27 03 Nov 1896
Temple, Edward U. W.         England      70 26 Dec 1902
Thiel, Albert                Germany      24 02 Nov 1896

Thiel, Gottlieb              Germany      24 02 Nov 1896
Walsh, Robert Howard         England      72 15 May 1903
Wederman, Henry Heinrich     Germany      52 06 Oct 1900
Young, David                 Scotland     43 02 Nov 1898

Young, Richard Scotland 41 02 Nov 1898
Zullig, Elizabeth Switzerland 73 20 Jun 1903

EARLY PARKMAN, WYOMING HISTORY

taken from account by Elsie S Parkman
printed in Parkman School Annual 1956

While the Burlington railroad was being built through northern Wyoming the last big camp was made on Twin Creek, which was later homesteaded by Bert Bales. The camp was called Old Pass. There was one large building used as a Postoffice, Saloon, Hall and Store, and a few log cabins to make up the town. When the work was completed here, and the move made into Montana, for some reason no townsite could be obtained at Old Pass. A town was platted by the Lincoln Townsite Co. and given the name of Parkman after the historian, Francis Parkman. The town still remains.

Between 1890 and 1895, buildings were moved up from Ranchester. The tie camp there had been abandoned and although without water supply, Parkman showed possibilities.

In 1898 there was a destructive fire. A saloon on the corner where the present brick building stands, and two dwellings directly behind it were burned. Then in a few years the Cottage Saloon, Hotel, livery barn and store were destroyed by fire. The rock building now owned by Mrs Clark had been built in about 1901. A short time later, D A Diltz built a lumber yard and home on the property now owned by Don Stedman. His son, George Diltz built on the same lots. The homes on the highway were built prior to 1910. This addition was known as the Rose Mattox addition. The blacksmith shop which afterwards became a garage was built at this time by Arthur Davis.

In 1927 there were so many children living on farms around Parkman that the old frame one room school building was too small. Bonds were issued for a two room brick building that was completed that fall. The first teachers in the new building were Mrs Rose Fowler, who taught the lower grades and Mrs Dorothea Mattox, who had the upper grades. The plan for this building provided for additional rooms on the north when attendance increased. The dedication was held on December 10 and there were 35 pupils in the school. 25 in the lower grades and 10 in the upper grades including high school. The years 1931-33 were the ones that the school was the largest, having 39 pupils.

Among the old timers before 1900 were W S Skipton; Dr A T Taggert; Pat Cusick; William Schaubel; E T Polly; E L Dana; Dory Hoffman; Jack Anderson; D A Diltz and Arthur Davis. Each played an important part in the early development of Parkman.

Since that time the population of Parkman has decreased due to the buying up of the land by the big cattle companies until the school has only seven pupils at this time.

Sheridan Genealogical Society - c/o Sheridan County Library - 335 West Alger Street - Sheridan, WY 82801