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The 464-bed minimum security detention facility was completed in September 2007, built with $27.4 million in high interest revenue bonds issued by the city's new industrial development corporation, the Two Rivers Port Authority (TRA) [1] and sold by bond brokers Municipal Capital Markets and Herbert J. Sims.
At least half of the group were wealthy cattlemen. George Saban, the leader of the group, was the owner of the Bay State Cattle Company, one of the largest in Wyoming, and already known to the public for having led the lynch mob that raided the Big Horn County jail in 1903, where two prisoners and a deputy sheriff were killed. [6] [8] [9] [10] [11]
The Big Horn County Historical Museum is located in Hardin. It sits on 35 acres and has 24 historic structures. [26] The Hardin Area Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture conducts the annual Little Big Horn Days festival the 3rd weekend in June. It includes the Custer's Last Stand Reenactment written by Joe Medicine Crow.
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[9] The city of Hardin had no official police department, and traditionally relied on the Big Horn County Sheriffs department police protection. [8] According to a reporter's blog dated October 1, 2009, on the USA Today website, it is unclear why and by which authority the APF had taken control over the empty jail facility. [10]
People working in Monroe County could soon be paying more in income tax to help fund the new jail. In June, the county’s financial advisor suggested officials increase the current 0.01% public ...
Big Horn County was named for the Big Horn Mountains which form its eastern boundary. [4] Originally, the county included the entire Big Horn Basin, but in 1909 Park County, WY was created from a portion of Big Horn County, and in 1911 Hot Springs and Washakie counties were created from portions of Big Horn, leaving the county with its present ...
In the old jail building. Jail cell, coal mine reproductions, photos, local artists. Big Horn County Historical Museum: Hardin: Big Horn: Southeast Open-air: website, includes over 25 historic buildings, farm equipment, horse-drawn wagons and antique vehicles, operated by the Big Horn County Historical Society Big Sandy Historical Museum Big ...