Glenrock Area Chamber of Commerce

Deer Creek Days

GACC — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 16:09:43 +0000

Deer Creek Days 2013

There is always fun at the end of the road and the road ends in Glenrock! Action gets underway August 2 and continues through August 4. Activities include a 5K Run/Walk, 3-on-3 Basketball, Annual Parade, Tractor Pulls, Ranch Horse Sale, Golf Tournament, Mud Volleyball and much more.

Below are the links to the registration forms along with the schedule of events!

Deer Creek Days 2013

Deer Creek Days 2013 Event info pg. 1 | Deer Creek Days 2013 Event info pg. 2

Deer Creek Days 2013 Mud Volleyball Registration

Deer Creek Days 2013 Craft Fair Registration

Deer Creek Days 2013 Car Show Registration

Deer Creek Days 2013 5K Run-Walk Registration

Deer Creek Days 2013 5K Color Blast Run-Walk Registration

2013 Deer Creek Days Schedule

Wyoming Lil’ Pokes Rodeo Registration

Lil’ Pokes Rodeo

waldonf — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:50:02 +0000

Saddle up for the LIL POKES RODEO in Glenrock, May 25 at the South Recreation Complex. Geared toward the little cow pokes, Glenrock’s Lil Pokes Rodeo includes many of the traditional rodeo events. Kids can compete in steer roping, boot scramble, barrel racing, bronc riding, chicken catching; ribbon off the goats tail, and pig wrestling. $40 Pre-registration by May 13, 2013, $45 registered from May 14-25, 2013. Rodeo starts at 10am. Events are done with stick horse so that everyone can spend a day in the life of a cowboy. For more information please contact the Glenrock Area Chamber of Commerce at 436-5652, 267-0800, info@glenrockchamber.com.

Rock in the Glen

GACC — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 03:24:12 +0000

Continental Pipeline Company donated the Rock in the Glen Park property to the Town of Glenrock in August 1982. The park property has direct access from the Glenrock Jaycee Park on the west edge of Glenrock.

Glenrock has gone through many transformations.

It was the Deer Creek Crossing in the early days of emigration. By 1849 there were many ferries operating along the Platte River and the Deer Creek. There was a short period of time when there was a Mormon settlement in the area. Then, later a mail station was established for the Pony Express on the west side of the creek, named Deer Creek Station. This was later used as a telegraph office. The station was burned after an epidemic of smallpox since the blacksmith shop was used to house the sick.

The town then went through a time being named Mercedes. After that, it was named Nuttell for William Nuttell who was mining coal deposits in the area.

In 1887 the town applied for a post office and had to have a permanent name. Ed J. Wells suggested the name Glenrock because of the rock overlooking the glen. This name was adopted and Mr. Wells became the first postmaster.

The Rock in the Glen still has the names of the some of the emigrants that passed through Glenrock carved into its face stones.

The Hayden Monument

GACC — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 03:15:51 +0000

The only known granite monument erected to the memory of Dr. F.V. Hayden was placed at Glenrock, Wyoming, thanks to the tireless efforts of the renowned photographer, William H. Jackson. Dr. Hayden first came to the Deer Creek area while attached to a military operation called the “Expedition of the Yellowstone”. As a doctor, he looked after the medical needs of the troops wintering at the Twiss Indian Agency, 1859-1860. As a geologist, he did scientific research for the government. Credited with later founding the U.S. Geological Survey, he began writing annual geological reports, the first published in 1867. He visited the Deer Creek in both 1870 and 1871, observing that …”the coal bed . . . on fire in the winter of 1859-1860 . . . is still on fire”, and had baked the earth “to a brick red color”. Accompanying Hayden both years, was pioneer photographer William H. Jackson, who on August 17, 1870, made the first photograph of Converse County’s “Natural Bridge”. The following year, he accompanied Dr. Hayden on an official expedition to explore the Yellowstone country. There, Jackson recorded the first photographs ever taken of the wonders of that region. Armed with the photographic evidence, the marvels of Yellowstone could no longer be disputed. For the previous six decades, the outside world had scoffed at the tales of rumblings in the ground, boiling mud, steaming geysers and great waterfalls. Upon returning to Washington, Hayden and Jackson put their talents to work, convincing Congress that a bill should be passed preserving the natural state of the region forever. As a result of their concerted efforts, Yellowstone National Park came into existence, March, 1872 as the first national park in the United States.

The Hayden Monument may be seen in Kimball

Military Outpost

GACC — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 03:10:05 +0000

MILITARY OUTPOST: As Indian relations grew worse, the U.S. Government found it necessary to station military troops at strategic locations along the Oregon, California and Mormon Trails. From Fort Laramie west, troops were garrisoned at several of the old Overland Stage Stations including the Deer Creek Station (1862-1865). Military duties included guarding wagon trains, keeping the telegraphh in repair and chasing after Indians. By 1865, the government and the Indians were engaged in open warfare. More troops were brought in. Nine companies of the 11th Kansas Cavalry were at Deer Creek Station on April 18 when Collister received a message telling of the assassination of President Lincoln. On July 27, following the attack on Platte Bridge Station, two companies of troops were dispatched from Deer Creek to reinforce its sister station to the west (shortly renamed “Fort Casper”, where Casper, Wyoming now stands). In August of 1866, Indians burned the telegraph station to the ground. It was never rebuilt. Traffic on the old trails dwindled and Deer Creek Station became part of the past.

Deer Creek Station

GACC — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 02:49:45 +0000

STAGE AND PONY EXPRESS STATION: Originally a pioneer and Indian trading post in the 1850′s, the settlement first took on the name of “Deer Creek Station” as a relay terminal for the Overland Stage system. In 1860, it became a “home station” for the pony express. A remarkable feat of courage by pony rider Henry Avis took place here resulting in the Pony Express Company paying him a bonus of $300 for exceptional bravery. Upon reaching Horseshoe Station (about one mile south of present day Glendo, Wyoming), Avis found the relay rider unwilling to carry the mail. Up ahead marauding Sioux Indians were on the war path. Undaunted, Avis changed horses and rode into the night. He reached Deer Creek Station only to find the station abandoned, the station keeper missing and all the relay mounts stolen. To compound matters, the east-bound pony express rider also refused to ride any further. So Avis once more took to the saddle, returning to Horseshoe Station. Without a rest he had covered 220 dangerous miles on horseback.

Workplace Flexibility Toolkit

waldonf — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 23:21:05 +0000

Workplace Flexibility Toolkit
Also last week the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) launched its online Workplace Flexibility Toolkit to provide employees and employers with information, resources, and a unique approach to workplace flexibility.

The toolkit makes more than 170 resources easily accessible, particularly for workers and job seekers with complex employment situations (e.g., parents of young children, single parents, and family caregivers). The toolkit provides ca

se studies, fact and tip sheets, issue briefs, reports, articles, links, other related toolkits, and a list of frequently asked questions. It is searchable by type of resource, target audience, and types of workplace flexibility, including place, time, and task.

The DOL news release is available at http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/odep/ODEP20122014.htm#.UHwZSUJU1SU

The Workplace Flexibility Toolkit is available at
http://www.dol.gov/odep/workplaceflexibility/

Wine, Spirits & More

waldonf — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 23:11:17 +0000

Glenrock Community Organization & Youth Fundraiser!
Join us for an evening of fun and excitement!
Call #267-0800 for more details.

This event will feature Chad Lore, Wyoming’s One Man Band!

Just One Penny

waldonf — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 22:58:54 +0000

The new layout would provide more room for staff, patrons, collections and programming. A meeting room for all those record breaking attendance lectures!

Social Security News Release

waldonf — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 22:46:24 +0000

2013 Benefit Increases
The Social Security Administration announced that the 2013 increase in Social Security benefits, tied to increases in cost of living, will be 1.7%.
For the SSA news releases go to:
http://www.socialsecurity.gov/pressoffice/pr/2013cola-pr.html