The Voice of the Community Since 1909, Serving Moorcroft and Pine Haven, Wyoming

Old buildings make way for new

With the final building torn down on North Big Horn Avenue in Moorcroft, residents are reminiscing about the life of these old structures as they anticipate the possibilities of what may be built next, adding to Moorcroft’s history.

Lifetime citizens Raymond Petersen and Rosalie Brimmer recall their childhood on the avenue.

Brimmer remembers cold lockers kept in the rear of the grocery store that lived after the mercantile and before the building housing Diehl’s Supermarket now. “They used to let people keep food in those lockers. People didn’t have freezers at home like we do now and they cou...