FREE Bookends The newsletter of the Johnson County Library System Like us on Facebook! August-September 2019 http://jclwyo.org Libraries Friends of the Library ~ Book Club Meets in JCL at 3 pm, second Tuesdays Johnson Reading programs draw 1,400+ to library Sept. 10: Where The Crawdads Sing County Library by Delia Owens 171 N. Adams Oct. 8: Silver Linings Playbook Buffalo, WY 82834 by Matthew Quick (307) 684-5546 Nov. 12: The Honey Bus Hours by Meredith May M&T: 10a-8p Grade school participants hop through the solar system, Dec. 10: The Afterlife of Holly Chase stopping at planets marked by chalk at scale distances. by Cynthia Hand W&Th: 10a-6p F & Sa: 10a-5p Jan. 14: The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon ~ Our annual summer reading program finished up July 26 with a rousing turnout by the members of our Kaycee Branch community. Once again, library patrons and visitors of Feb. 11: Beartown all ages turned our building into a bustling center for two by Fredrik Backman 231 Ritter Ave. months—and did some amazing reading in the process! First off, we have to thank the Friends of the Library. March 10: The Last Boat Out of P.O. Box 226 They pay for the entire summer reading program, which Shanghai by Helen Zia Kaycee, WY 82639 allows us to offer prizes and snacks to hundreds of participants, and volunteer at events like our kick-off April 14: 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat (307) 738-2473 picnic and the closing celebration in the city park. Girl by Mona Awad Hours Summer reading would not be possible without them Our teen program ran on Tuesday afternoons in June, May 12: No book (Selection gathering T: 10-11a, 1-8p with 141 teens in attendances on those four weeks. We for titles into the next year) W: 1-5:30p had 45 teens who turned in reading slips throughout the F: 10a-noon, 1-4p SUMMER READING - Continued on Page 2 Brown Bags & Books Sa: 2-5p Wednesdays 12-1 pm Buffalo’s Fort It’s story hour for grown-ups! You’ll hear stories read aloud by library Fort McKinney was named after Second Lieutenant John staff & community members. Bring McKinney of the 4th United States Calvary Regiment, who your lunch! Drinks provided. was killed in action in the Dull Knife Fight on Nov. 25, 1876. Johnson County The Companies stationed at Fort McKinney were of the 6th Sept. 4: Heather Kuzara—Welcome Library and 9th US Calvary Regiments. The 9th Calvary men were back to Brown Bags & Books! referred to as the Buffalo Soldiers, a completely African- Sept. 11: Heather Kuzara—Photos/ ~ Mission ~ stories of 9/11 Our mission as a American Regiment. The Fort was designed to provide support and supplies to Sept. 18: Nancy Tabb—Town Talks library system and Sept. 25: Nancy Tabb—Mark Twain community hub is to army campaigns aimed at driving Sioux and Cheyenne Plains Indian groups out of their buffalo hunting grounds located in Collect, Share, Promote, More to come in October Learn, Adapt, & Grow. the Powder River Country. The town of Buffalo began Users are foremost. FORT - Continued on Page 3 Production of Bookends is paid for with funds from the Harry & Thelma Surrena Memorial Lois Gordon Thank you to Memorial The Harry & Thelma Surrena Memorial For continued support of our For generous donations that fund this newsletter, Kaycee Branch Library library programming, and much more... SUMMER READING - Continued from front page Kaycee Branch 738-2473 month, for a total 888 hours read. This is down from Bonnie Ross, branch manager — Monica Brock — Kelley Davis last year’s record 1,416 hours, but is still more than any of the other six years we’ve been recording statistics. Our winners were top reader Nate Rzasa Our new book for discussion is Educated by and grand prize drawing winner Sydney Hall. Tara Westover and we plan The children’s program participants (preschool to discuss it at 7 p.m. on through Grade 5) continued to rack up reading hours, Monday, Sept. 9. clocking 2,650. Total attendance for all five weeks— Summer Reading which included three daycare visits and three public Teens created terrariums. Program results are in. The programs a week on Wednesdays and Thursdays— adult participants were 33 was 1,057 children and 241 adults. We were lucky to have amazing and the number of youth performances by Dr. Noize, who entertained children and grown-ups alike participants was 15. The with music adventures! We paid for his performance with the donations winner of the adult basket raised by our Art in Bloom fund-raiser earlier in the spring. drawing was Lynn Harlan, the winner of the youth Children’s program winners were: Jackson basket was Damien Cohee, and the winner of the Wiseman and Adelaide Bennick in preschool; Chicken Coop gift certificate was Bonnie Gould. Kinlee Carter and Ladon Pierson in Grades K-2; There were 38 children who participated. The and Aubrey Caturia and Emery Cox in Grades 3-5. children read a total of 273 hours. The top reader Special thanks to our sponsors! Many local for the Lunar Tics (Pre-K) was Matthew Davis. The businesses chip in to help out. Dash Inn, Hardees, top reader for the Mad Martians (1st-3rd grades) Breadboard, and Lickety Splits provided dessert was Wyatt Davis. The top reader for the Wacky tickets as prizes for children’s summer reading. Aliens (4th grade and up) was Bryant Moss. Sagewood, Sports Lure, Margo’s Pottery, Busy We will be starting Story Hour again on Bee, Lolly’s Sugar Shack, and The Cold Dish Dr. Noize entertained families. Tuesday, Aug. 20 at 10 a.m. donated gifts for adult summer reading. And speaking of adults, 56 signed up this year and turned in slips that reviewed 244 books. (We don’t make the grown-ups keep track of hours!) Did You Know? Many enjoy reading the Our prize winners were Debbie Grant, Jennifer Romanowski, Christine series produced by their favorite authors. Houseman, Kerri Shoup, Ashlee Seidel, Ileta Neustel, Brandie Sump, Scott Sometimes that can be an intimidating process, Killian, John Snyder, Julie Snyder, Carrie Rzasa, Jess Kavitz, and Debbie when authors like Craig Johnson have more a Merrill. dozen novels. Well, we try to keep things simple Thanks to all our participants! for you! We’ve been updating our collection so that series are numbered. Look on the spine label Johnson County Library collection where the call number is and you’ll see the series number. 2018-2019 Additions Often we add initials to tell you K 93 the name of the series. So, the CO#17 July 1, 2018-June 30, 2019 latest and seventeenth novel by William Kent Krueger is “K 93 Adult & Teen Novels 840 CO#17.” Keep an eye out for the next one in your series! Children's books 302 Adult Nonfiction 378 Johnson County Library Foundation DVDs 336 The foundation was created in 1976 by patrons who saw Children's nonfiction 272 the need to ensure the future of the library. Through Audiobooks 73 donations, memorials, and fund-raising, these volunteers have successfully supported special needs of the library Large Print 128 & established a permanent endowment. Children's DVDs 10 Board of directors Children's audiobooks 13 Chair Nick Thom Amy Pierson Vice-Chair Frank Pratt Elaine Warren Treasurer Steve Reimann Kira Wages Total—2,362 items Secretary Penny Orchard Paula Hanson Plus weekly magazines Ron Wagner, Chair: 620-1031 Steve Rzasa, director Connie Norton, outreach librarian Board Bill McIntyre, Vice-Chair: 738-2572 Staff Mary Rhoads, assistant director & Heather Kuzara, circulation of Kim Harvey, Liaison to JCLF: 620-1465 684- children’s services Nancy Tabb, reference & Denise Marton, Secretary: 620-9060 Teresa Allgood, teen services & local history trustees Margaret Smith, Treasurer 5546 periodicals FORT - Continued on Page 3 because of Fort McKinney and the services needed by the soldiers. There were other predecessor forts built closer to Kaycee beginning in 1865. These Forts were named Fort Connor, Fort Reno, Reno Cantonment and Depot Fort McKinney. The final Fort McKinney was built closer to wood and water in 1878. Also, Fort Phil Kearney located just north was established in 1866 to protect travelers on the Bozeman Trail. As described in her article about the history of Fort McKinney Edith Chappell wrote, “the situation chosen [for the present-day Rock River to Terry’s Landing near present day final fort to be constructed] was a noble one. It was on second Custer, Montana bench land, safe from disastrous mountain floods and close to These photos capture Fort McKinney at the height of it’s plentiful supply of pure water and to canyons clothed with protecting arm. In 1892, the 6th Calvary stationed at Fort majestic pines and yet on a plateau sufficiently open to make a McKinney received orders by telegraph from President Harrison surprise attack unlikely.” to intervene at the TA Ranch to take the Invaders into custody Historian Robert A. Murray wrote, “Captain Pollock’s new during the Johnson County War. site for Fort McKinney was then and is now, one of the prettiest In 1894 the fort was closed. In 1903, Wyoming established of the locations selected for an army post. It lay along the banks the Soldiers and Sailors Home at the site. Today, it is the of Clear Fork, then a superb trout stream, against the majestic Veteran’s Home of Wyoming. backdrop of the Big Horn Mountains less than two miles away. There was water and forage in abundance, construction lumber and fuel of the best sort not far away.