Local Resources

Cemeteries

There are about 2 dozen cemeteries in Big Horn county. The Cemeteries page will give you a list of them, map to their location, and links to cemetery transcripts if there are any available.

County History

A short history of Big Horn County by the Wyoming Historical Society.

Courthouse

  • Washakie County Courthouse
  • 420 West C Street
  • Basin, WY 82410

Historical Society

There is currently no active chapter of the Wyoming State Historical Society in Big Horn County. If you interested in reactivating the chapter please contact the Wyoming State Historical Society.

Libraries

Museums

  • Greybull Museum
  • 325 Greybull Avenue Hwy 14
  • Greybull, WY 82426
  • (307) 765-2444

 

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 County Coordinator

Newspapers

  • Basin Republican Rustler
  • P.O. Box 640
  • Basin, WY 82410
  • (307) 568-2458

    Operated as:
    Basin Republican 1905 - 1928
    Basin Rustler 1889 - 1928
    Papers merged in 1928

  • Burlington Post
  • Burlington, WY
  • 1905-1906 online at Wyoming Newspaper Project
  • Cowley Progress
  • Cowley, WY
  • 1907-1920 online at Wyoming Newspaper Project
    Deaver Sentinel
  • Deaver, WY
  • 1918-1921, 1928 online at Wyoming Newspaper Project
  • Greybull Standard
  • 614 Greybull Avenue
  • Greybull, WY 8242
  • (307) 765-4485

    Greybull Standard, 1921-1923
    Greybull Tribune, 1922 and 1923
    Greybull Standard and Tribune, 1923-1925
    Online at the Wyoming Newspaper Project

  • Lovell Chronicle
  • 234 E. Main
  • Lovell, WY 82431
  • (307) 548-2217

    Lovell Chronicle, 1906-1920
    Big Horn Banner, 1965
    Online at the Wyoming Newspaper Project

    Otto Courier
  • Otto, WY
  • October 1, 1898 online at Wyoming Newspaper Project

FREE digitized copies by the Wyoming Newspaper Project. It is fully searchable. Copies of the orignial papers are viewable as PDF
Wyomng Newspaper Project

 

Oral Histories

The Wyoming State Historical Society has created the Wyoming Oral History Online database (WOHO).

This database has a list of oral histories available from institutions and museums all over the state. You can find a downloadable copy of the full database as a spreadsheet or MS Acess file here.