Voices From The Past

November 10, 1922

Powder River County Fourth in Number of Livestock

Of the 54 counties within Montana, Powder River County stands fourth in the number of livestock. Beaverhead County ranks first with 65,000 head of livestock. Powder River County had 42,000 head of livestock. Carter and Custer counties were farther down the list, the former with 22,000 head and the latter with 25,000 head. (Ed: By comparison, in Jan 1, 2021, PR County had 47,000 head of cattle and 9,700 head of sheep, per the USDA’s agricultural statistics booklet.)

40 Attend District High School

The district high school now has an enrollment of forty students, nearly every part of the county being represented. A three-mill levy on all county property provides for the maintenance of the district high school for the ensuing year and a similar levy will be applied next year if the budget of expenses calls for such a sum.

November 7, 1947

Hunters Found Does but Not Many Bucks

Deer hunting season which was open for three days this year on Saturday, Sunday and Monday, brought hundreds of visitors from the eastern part of the state to hunt in Powder River County. The visitors made up only a small proportion of the hunters as nearly every man in the county was out sometime during the three day period after game. The hunting was limited to bucks and most of the hunters report a shortage of bucks while reporting hundreds of does and fawns. Sheriff Claude Anderson said Tuesday that he sold a total of 399 hunting licenses during the month of October and that since the first of the year has sold 581 licenses which brought the state $1,473.20.

November 9, 1972

Hawk Cheerleaders Ready to Go

In Powder River Jr. Senior High School there are four squads of cheerleaders made up of four girls each.

Wrestling cheerleaders are Nancy Nisley, Deb Irion, Bea Patten, and Charita Richards. Barb Hensley, Cindy Schumacher, Jody Tipton, and Terri Riley are the varsity Basketball cheerleaders for the 1972-73 school year. Elected to cheer the B-squad and freshmen teams on were Penny Phillippi, Jill Schumacher, Rita Fortner, and Pam Amen. The Jr. High pumpkin pounder yell leaders are Sandy Flanigan, Stacy Hensley, Patty Riley, and Leslie Mace.

At the present time most of the squads are primarily concerned with decisions on outfits and practice after school in anticipation of the first big games and matches. The girls hope to see you in the gym supporting the Hawks!!!