Mick Pryor

A series where we take a #lookback at the stories and history of our community, brought to you by Mick Pryor, Financial Advisor with Edward Jones. Before mechanical refrigeration became widespread, ice was harvested in winter and put into storage to keep foods cold and fresh during the summer months. After the arrival of the train, […]

A series where we take a #lookback at the stories and history of our community, brought to you by Mick Pryor, Financial Advisor with Edward Jones. John Douglas Pedersen was born in Grand Island, Nebraska in 1881. He grew up in a family of ranchers and lived in several western states, including Jackson Hole, Wyoming, where […]

Among the six Fremont County high schools there have been 33 state boys basketball championship teams since the first games were played over a century ago. Wyoming Indian leads the county with 13 titles and Shoshoni is second with seven. The first team to take home the trophy with the net on it came with […]

A series where we take a #lookback at the stories and history of our community, brought to you by Mick Pryor, Financial Advisor with Edward Jones. Fire’s transformative properties have given humanity the ability to do amazing things, but has also forced us to reckon with its awesome destructive power when we lose control of it. […]

A series where we take a #lookback at the stories and history of our community, brought to you by Mick Pryor, Financial Advisor with Edward Jones. The aftermath of World War II left Europe war-torn and desolate. Under Nazi occupation, the Germans seized 20% of the French food production. Consumer good shortages were felt across the […]

Absaroka, with its capital in Sheridan, hoped to become the 49th star on the American Flag in 1939. Whether the effort was whimsical or determined remains a question, but a state carved out of Wyoming, South Dakota, and Southeastern Montana had more than a fighting chance of joining the union at the end of the […]

A series where we take a #lookback at the stories and history of our community, brought to you by Mick Pryor, Financial Advisor with Edward Jones. Mart Hornecker was one of the earliest pioneers in the Lander Valley. This is his account of his first buffalo hunt. It is transcribed as he wrote it. As per […]

A series where we take a #lookback at the stories and history of our community, brought to you by Mick Pryor, Financial Advisor with Edward Jones. Though the first automobiles in the United States were made in the 1890s, the first wave of American automobile owners came around 1906 when Henry Ford released his Model N. […]

A series where we take a #lookback at the stories and history of our community, brought to you by Mick Pryor, Financial Advisor with Edward Jones. Hugo Koch migrated from Germany with his parents in 1853, at age 15. The family settled in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. At age 20 Koch was looking for adventure and decided to […]

The Fremont County Association of Governments (FCAG) recently revised their memorandum of understanding (MOU) of how funds from the half-percent sales tax will be expended. It significantly reduced the proportion going to direct investment in local businesses, expanded funds into transportation systems – including commercial air service – and added commitments to fund ambulance service. For all the leaders who worked together revising this MOU and solving critical shortfalls to our economic infrastructure – our county is lucky to have you.