Archive - Jul 4, 2015 - News

Cars of every color, age, and design filled Main Street and Sheridan Media’s Judy Hagerott brings us this story.

There are a couple of community fireworks celebrations planned for this evening in Sheridan County. The Big Horn Equestrian Center will be the site for the annual fireworks extravaganza sponsored by State Senator Bruce Burns. Gates will open at 4 and music by Dave Munsick will begin at 6:30.

Alana Atchison, left, and Kristen Haislip explore maps in the new Sheridan Pathways’ trailhead structure, which was recently constructed by Sheridan College students. (Photo courtesy of Sheridan College)

In a collaborative effort between Sheridan College’s construction technology program and the college’s Outdoor Adventure Club, students recently built a shelter structure to serve as a trail-head on the Sheridan Pathways, across from the front lawn of the college campus.

Artwork by four former Miss Indian Americas will be featured in an invitational art show that starts Tuesday at the Sagebrush Fine Art Gallery.

The 11th Annual Big Horn Mountain Music Festival kicks off next Friday, July 10th, at the Johnson County Fairgrounds in Buffalo. The three-day festival will include folk, bluegrass, old-timey and Americana music with headliners John Anderson and Marty Stuart.

The 2nd annual Antelope Butte Summer Festival will take place July 17th thru the 19th at the Antelope Butte Ski and Recreation Area.

Sheridan County Public Library trustees will discuss budget reductions and adopt a budget for the fiscal year that started on July 1 in a meeting next week.

Now here's Sheridan Media's look back in time, to 100 years ago, by reporter Pat Blair as published in the Sheridan Enterprise newspaper on July 4, 1915.

Photo by Aaron Palmer.

The Lake Stop at Lake DeSmet will be having their annual “Light Up The Lake” event again tonight to celebrate the Fourth of July.

“Light Up The Lake” is a lighted parade of boats decorated for the holiday that takes place on the lake at dusk, followed by a fireworks display at dark.