Libraries ~

Johnson County Library

171 N. Adams Buffalo, WY 82834

(307) 684-5546 Hours

M-W: 10a-8p Th: 10a-6p

F & Sa: 10a-5p ~

Kaycee Branch 231 Ritter Ave. P.O. Box 226

Kaycee, WY 82639 (307) 738-2473

Hours T: 10-11a, 1-8p

W: 1-5:30p F: 10a-noon, 1-4p

Sa: 2-5p

FREE

Johnson County Library

~ Mission ~ Our mission as a

library system and community hub is to

Collect, Share, Promote, Learn, Adapt, & Grow.

Users are foremost.

Bookends

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The newsletter of the Johnson County Library System

October-November 2019 http://jclwyo.org

By Nancy Tabb The phone call came back in August. A

gentleman asking if there would be any possibility that I could help him figure out who ordered a certain pearl handled and factory engraved Colt six-shooter from Munkres and Mather’s Store. This gentleman recently purchased this collector

Colt and wishes to know its history. The gun was delivered to the store around the time of the Johnson County Cattle War Invasion in April 1892. To-date, this Colt Six-Shooter is the only example known to Colt Collectors as having been shipped to Buffalo, Wyoming, ever!

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Join us for the 27th annual benefit auction Friday, Nov. 1, at the Johnson County Library. The auction begins at 6 p.m. with the reception and silent auction, followed by the oral auction at 7:30 p.m. Our theme this year is “Masquerade.” Attendees are encouraged to wear their boldest mask! Tickets go on sale this month at the library for $20 apiece. Brannian Auctions LLC will preside and the event will be catered by Sagewood Café. Coffee will be provided by The Fix, and the Library Foundation will provide wine.

Some of the items up for grabs include artwork, tools, gift certificates, dinners, and more. The Friends of the Library will raffle

Annual Auction on Friday, Nov. 1

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Come to the library during the month of November because we have fun things planned. We will have

new book bags that say “My Book Stache” for purchase. Surely you are ready for the greatest Mustache/Beard contest in town!! Men’s categories are: Most Dapper, Freestylin’, and ‘Stache and the Rest(Full Beard). Ladies categories are Most Creative, Best Paper ‘Stache, and Most Inventive

Beard. Children will receive a great prize as well. Don’t have a ‘stache? Make one or come in and

check out one at the Library—or cut out the one below! Post on FB or email your photos for the

contest or stop by the front desk at the Library and we’ll ‘shoot’ you.

A Fun November Program!

Rare Relic: Pearl Handled Colt Six-Shooter

Thank you to The Harry & Thelma Surrena Memorial

For generous donations that fund this newsletter, library programming, and much more...

Lois Gordon

Memorial For continued support of our

Kaycee Branch Library

Kaycee Branch 738-2473

Bonnie Ross, branch manager — Monica Brock — Kelley Davis We have started an after school Tuesdays for

elementary aged children during this school year. It’s about an hour and a half long. We read a picture book and then do related activities. There’s plenty of activities for children to be involved in—so far we’ve done chalk art on the parking lot, bubbles, balloons, chain reaction activities, egg drop competition and a human caterpillar. And of course, we serve snacks at the end. We’ve been averaging ten kids per session.

Johnson County Library Foundation The foundation was created in 1976 by patrons who saw the need to ensure the future of the library. Through donations, memorials, and fund-raising, these volunteers have successfully supported special needs of the library & established a permanent endowment.

Board of directors Chair Nick Thom Vice-Chair Frank Pratt Treasurer Steve Reimann Secretary Penny Orchard

Amy Pierson Elaine Warren Kira Wages Paula Hanson

Did You Know? Many enjoy reading the

series produced by their favorite authors. Sometimes that can be an intimidating process, when authors like Craig Johnson have more a dozen novels. Well, we try to keep things simple for you! We’ve been updating our collection so that series are numbered. Look on the spine label where the call number is and you’ll see the series number. Often we add initials to tell you the name of the series. So, the latest and fourth novel by Julie McElwain is “M 15 #4.” Keep an eye out for the next one in your series!

M 14 #4

Researching our local history is what I do. Finding the answer to such a request is pure job satisfaction. Thus, I began my investigation and in the famous local writings known as The Charles Burritt Letters (Buffalo lawyer 1877-1898), I stumbled upon this description of a gun. “Mark you well what the movements of these men have been this last week…On Wednesday morning the Post barracks were burned-off which more hereafter; on Thursday [Henry] Smith was considerably intoxicated but would not talk; on Friday Smith had passed the Rubicon and proceeded to distinguish himself; his first break was to go into Munkres & Mather’s store; he came in with his hand on his six-shooter which he had in his pants and right in front of him; he asked Munkres to look at a pistol that was displayed in the store; the pistol was a pearl handle and ornamented and was priced at $27.50; Munkres saw that Smith was drunk and desiring to avoid trouble allowed him to examine the pistol; as he turned to lay it on the showcase for Smith to examine it he discovered that Smith had drawn his own pistol and was holding it in

front of his breast resting his finger on the hammer; Smith picked up the gun and asked Munkres what it was worth; Munkres not wishing to be put in the position of refusing him credit, said to Smith the gun was not for sale…Munkres told him it was already sold; Smith insisted upon knowing who to; Munkres told him to Johns; Smith inquired if it was C.P. Johns and upon receiving an affirmative reply…”

Smith continued to say that he would make Johns give it to him and walked out of the store with both guns in his hand and the story gets even more exciting out on the street. Someone did eventually disarm Smith after a little shoot out action straight from the real wild west.

We can assume the gun went back to be displayed at Munkres and Mather’s Store. So, who ordered the Colt Six-Shooter? Who actually purchased it? Still, we have no answer to those questions. The library has archived legers from the store, but they begin after the cattle war. So close to solving the mystery, but no case closed status yet. (Write down your life’s experiences – it is history!)

off a bounty of gift certificates to local grocers and restaurants—a dine in or dine out package, if you will! Raffle tickets are $5 for one and $20 for five and benefit the Friends organization.

The event is sponsored by the Johnson County Library Foundation and Friends of the Library.

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Steve Rzasa, director Mary Rhoads, assistant director & children’s services Teresa Allgood, teen services & periodicals

Connie Norton, outreach librarian Heather Kuzara, circulation Nancy Tabb, local history Lindsey Belliveau, children’s/technical services

Staff

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Ron Wagner, Chair: 620-1031 Bill McIntyre, Vice-Chair: 738-2572 Kim Harvey, Liaison to JCLF: 620-1465 Denise Marton, Secretary: 620-9060 Margaret Smith, Treasurer

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Adult Fiction

A Better Man, by Louise Penny The Bitterroots, by C.J. Box The Chelsea Girls, by Fiona Davis A Dangerous Man, by Robert Crais Dark Age, by Pierce Brown Death in Focus, by Anne Perry The Deception, by Kat Martin The Dutch House, by Ann Patchett Girls Like Us, by Christina Alger Land of Wolves, by Craig Johnson Life and Other Inconveniences, by Kristan Higgins Met Her Match, by Jude Devereaux Old Bones, by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child The Oracle, by Clive Cussler The Stalking, by Heather

Graham The Testaments, by Margaret Atwood Tsar, by Ted Bell What Rose Forgot, by Nevada Barr

Adult Nonfiction

The Birds of the Photo Ark, by Joel Sartore Drone Photography Basics, by Justin Moore Great Plains Weather, by Kenneth Dewey Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law, by Haben Girma Inheritance, by Dani Shapiro Landscape Construction 1-2-3, by Jeff Day Orphan Trains, by Elizabeth Raum The Professor and the Madman, by Simon Winchester The Vagabonds, by Jeff Guinn

Children Angry Cookie, by Laura Dockrill Brave, by Svetlana Chmakova The Cook and the King, by Julia

Donaldson One-Third Nerd, by Gennifer Choldenko Poor Little Guy, by Elanna Allen Zombies Don’t Eat Veggies, by Megan Lacera

CD Books 1105 Yakima Street, by Debbie Macomber Bad Blood, by John Sandford The Case of the Three-Toed Tree Sloth, by John R. Erickson First Sight, by Danielle Steel The Key Trilogy, by Nora Roberts The Store, by James Patterson

Young Adult Cave of Wonders, by Matthew J. Kirby H20, by Virginia Bergin Mech Cadet Yu, by Greg Pak A Mutiny in Time, by James Dashner The Red Maze, by Mark Siegel The Rest of the Story, by Sarah Dessen Wicked Fox, by Kat Cho

• The Abyss • Bruce Lee: Ultimate

Collection • Cliffhanger

• Destry Rides Again • Fences

• The Island • Kindergarten Cop

• The Lake House • North Star

• R.I.P.D. • A Simple Favor

• Source Code • 30 Days of Night

• Torchwood • The Village

Attention Book Club Members!!!!! Did you know that we have started putting together book club “kits” of 8-10 books for you to check out? Plus, we have a list of hundreds of titles for “kits” that we can interlibrary loan from libraries in the state of Wyoming, including many from Kaycee (that would save us shipping cost). We encourage you to order a “kit” for your next meeting simply because it is easier to request one “kit” with ten books than request ten separate books from ten separate libraries for ten separate book clubs - then processing in and out all of those books and shipping them back. Whew!

The first two kits we have are Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens and Educated by Tara Westover. The Friends of the Library donated these copies of Where the Crawdads Sing, and a local book club donated Educated. Thanks to both for supporting us! A couple other kits we’ll have soon are The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown and Big Horn Mountain Odyssey by Herb Eder (the latter was donated by former librarian Patty Myers.)

Please do let us have two weeks before your meeting to get the books in for you and let us know when your return date will be after your discussion. Thanks so much!

- Heather and Nancy, Interlibrary Loan

Copy, room fees change Due to a shortfall of tax funds provided to the library,

we are increasing fees to offset expenses.

Photocopies & printing (per side) Black & white = $0.20 Color = $0.50 Black & white (11x17) = $0.50 Color (11x17) = $1.00 Room rentals We rent our two meeting rooms out for private events and non-profit organizations to use. No alcoholic beverages may be served; also, no smoking is allowed anywhere on our property. Fraley Room (seats 20-30) Twing Room (seats 60+) $15 for up to 4 hours $25 for up to 4 hours $25 for more than four hours $50 for more than 4 hours Faxes: Our cost for faxing is unchanged, at $2 for the first page and $0.50 per additional page. Scanning and emailing: Remains free of charge.

Phone: (307) 684-5546

or 1-800-661-7071

171 North Adams Buffalo, WY 82834

On the Web http://jclwyo.org

JOHNSON COUNTY LIBRARY

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Wednesdays Tech assistance—Please contact us with a time; subject to staff availability and limited to an hour per session. Wednesdays Brown Bags & Books—Noon-1 p.m., in the Fraley (south) meeting room. Stories read by library staff or guests. For grown-ups! Bring a sack lunch. Thursdays Story Hour—10 a.m. in the large meeting room. Puppet show, songs, stories, crafts, and a snack! For toddler and pre-school ages. Mondays Sit. Stay. Read!—Children can sign up for a 15-minute session to read to Bo the therapy dog. The sessions available are between 4 and 5 p.m. Please call the library at 684-5546 to schedule a time. Thanks to Lynda Ostrom for bringing Bo to our library!

Monday, Oct. 14 Libraries closed—Columbus day holiday for all Johnson County offices. Friday, Nov. 1 Library closed—For setup of the annual auction. ‘Masquerade’ Auction—6 p.m. Silent and live auction. Wine, hors doeuvres, coffee included. Tickets are $20 per person. Sponsored by Johnson County Library Foundation and the Friends of the Library. Thursday, Nov. 28 and Friday, Nov. 29 Libraries closed—Thanksgiving holiday for all Johnson County offices.

Friends of the

Johnson County Library Est. April 1972

Who are the Friends? Men and women who

promote and support the library.

Ongoing projects …

• Provide funding for physical improvements

• Provide assistance & funding for the Summer Reading programs

• Sponsor the annual library auction with the JC library

• foundation

• Provide assistance & funds to further National Library Week, Mother’s Day Tea, and other local humanities programs

• Provide baby books to parents of newborns

We meet at 4 p.m. second

Tuesday of every month at the library.