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.
- The Wyoming State Historical Society
- 1740H 184 Dell Range Blvd.
- Cheyenne, WY 82009
- (307) 635-4881
Libraries
- Big Horn County Library- Basin
- 430 West C Street
- Basin, WY 82410
- (307) 568-2388
- Big Horn County Library- Greybull
- 325 Greybull Avenue
P.O. Box 226
Greybull, WY 82426
(307) 765-2551
greypublib@yahoo.com
- Big Horn County Library- Lovell
- 300 Oregon Ave.
Lovell, WY 82431
(307)548-7228
lovell@lovellwylibrary.org
- Big Horn County Library- Deaver
- 180 W. 1st
P.O. Box 202
Deaver, WY 82421
molly.yates@bighorncountywy.gov
- Big Horn County Library- Fannie
- 311 4th St.
P.O. Box 23
Frannie, WY 82423
molly.yates@bighorncountywy.gov
Museums
- Greybull Museum
- 325 Greybull Avenue Hwy 14
- Greybull, WY 82426
- (307) 765-2444
Stephanie Ashby, 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
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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
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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.