Cokeville Historical Society 2009 Schedule

Check back soon for a posting of the 2009 Cokeville Historical Society yearly schedule

Volunteers Needed!

Volunteers are needed for a large archiving job.

The Cokeville Cemetery is being digitized in several ways by an area historian. He has requested help in gathering information and he is willing to add the information to a website he will make for the Cokeville Historical Society. This is an amazing opportunity to have some Cokeville history preserved and made accessible to the public.

Already completed is that the headstones have all been photographed and are being prepared for a website.

Now funeral programs and obituaries are being collected for all who are buried in the cemetery and also for anyone who has a connection to Cokeville: i.e. born here, lived here, taught here etc. but not buried here.

This is a large project and of course, will be on-going. However, the archiving part can be completed in a decent amount of time...with volunteers.

We need to find obituaries and funeral programs. Do you have some?

Would you be willing to help scan? (You can get the easy necessary training to do this. Also, if you do not have access to a scanner, a place can be provided for you if you can volunteer time) Please email karla_toomer@yahoo.com

Karla Toomer has previously talked to several people about this project. If you are still interested, or you haven't been talked to but this sounds like something you can spend a few hours a week on, please email to karla_toomer@yahoo.com

October was a planning meeting

We held a planning meeting in October, once again adjusting our schedule for the upcoming year and trying to plan what works best for our member's and the community.

The Promise newsletter, the official newsletter of the Cokeville Historical Society, is sent each month to all members of our local chapter. In it is details of guest speakers, happenings of the month, donations, new members and more.

Please consider joining the Cokeville Historical Society to have access to the Promise newsletter and much more! Contact any officer

Arlene Kennington - September speaker

Arlene Kennington was our guest speaker in September. Her husband Don came with her and we enjoyed the visit very much. Arlene has put together a wonderful compilation of Cokeville stories and facts that she plans on publishing into a book in the near future. We would love to help Arlene sell copies when those become available so please let us know!

Paul Phillips

This announcement was going to be made via our member newsletter first, but seems it already hit the town council meeting on Tuesday. Paul Phillips donated the war plaque that currently hangs in the Country Shopper to the Cokeville Historical Society. He rescued it years ago when a previous mayor was "cleaning house" at the Cokeville Town Hall. It has hung in his store but now that the store is for sale, Paul found a way to ensure the memorial stays in town.

The Cokeville Historical Society and the Town of Cokeville agreed Tuesday evening to refinish the gold leafed-names. The plaque will eventually hang in a Cokeville Historical Society Museum.

Thanks Paul Phillips! What once was trash, seems to be Cokeville' s most wanted treasure...at least for this week.

This is the second item to be donated to the Cokeville Historical Society this year, the first being the original school bell with co-ownership by the schools, where it will be displayed.

The Cokeville Historical Society always welcomes inquiries about donations, monetary or otherwise.