From our files: Firemen support 9/11 first responders in 2001

100 years ago, Sept. 24, 1926

The Cowley Progress

Wyoming ranks as one of the leading states of the nation in control of bovine tuberculosis, Dr. A.W. French, state veterinarian, announced in Cheyenne, following notification of the state’s ranking by the United States Bureau of Animal Husbandry. Wyoming has .6 percent of tuberculosis among its cattle, while the rating for the United States is 2.8 percent.

75 years ago, Sept. 27, 1951

The Lovell Chronicle

Parnell Black was born on December 20, 1897, at Coyote, Utah. At the age of 2, his family, as members of a Mormon pioneering colony, moved to the Big Horn Basin. As a youth, he skipped two grades in school, and after he had passed the second grade was able to recite his reader from cover to cover.

He graduated from the Big Horn Academy. His ambition from early boyhood was to become a lawyer, and he cherished it to the end. He attended Brigham Young University for two years and at the age of 20 married Mytle Lythgoe. When he took correspondence courses in law while teaching school, she encouraged him constantly, telling him with such fine marks he could certainly become a fine lawyer.

Parnell taught school at Cowley for six years, while also working in the oil refinery and at construction of public roads. He spent a short time farming in Big Horn County, but always there burned within him a desire to continue his education to become a lawyer. It could not be quenched, and in 1927 he left Big Horn County with his wife and three children and went to Salt Lake City to commence his legal education. He graduated with high honors and highest in his class. 

While he started his legal career without a friend, shabby of dress and poor, there were many who immediately became aware of the rich bounties the Lord had bestowed upon Parnell – his brilliant mind, his great heart, his compassion for his fellowman. There are those who believe he was one of the greatest trial lawyers that ever performed in our courts. He argued five cases before the United States Supreme Court, countless cases before the Circuit Court of Appeals and Colorado and Utah State Supreme courts.

Parnell died September 4, 1951, at the age of 53.

50 years ago, Sept. 23, 1976

The Lovell Chronicle

Three new businesses spur Byron’s growth. A.A. Moore & Son Custom Cabinets, Byron Coin-op Laundromat operated by Pat and Emil Brost and Totem Construction and Pumping Service, Johnny Bryant manager, have opened.

25 years ago, Sept. 27, 2001

The Lovell Chronicle

Lovell volunteer firemen have placed cans in numerous businesses around the Lovell area, including their large fire hydrant at Red Apple Supermarket, to collect funds for the families of the fallen firemen and policemen in New York City. Fireman Bob Mangus said there are 15 cans around the Lovell area, and the firemen have already pitched in $500 to help the families of the firemen and police officers who lost their lives trying to help others when terrorists attacked the World Trade Center September 11.

10 years ago, Sept. 22, 2016

The Lovell Chronicle

Jessee Wilson has literally come full circle, teaching science in the very same classroom that inspired him to become a science teacher. Wilson graduated from Rocky Mountain High School in 2011. He studied at Dickinson State University in North Dakota for his first year of college, where he also played football, before transferring to the University of Wyoming. At UW he continued his education and football for another four years, earning his bachelor’s degree in biology and certification in secondary education.