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Gypsum Mining in Garbutt
by Barb Chapman, Wheatland Town Historian Soon after settlement of the area, vast deposits of gypsum were discovered beneath the ground....


Trouble in the Early 1900's Scottsville Post Office
by Barb Chapman, Wheatland Town Historian The following stories have not been widely told in the Town of Wheatland because they involved...


A History of Wheatland Post Offices
by Barb Chapman, Wheatland Town Historian Let’s leave our instant text messages and emails a moment and think about what it was like when...


Mumford School Diploma
by Barb Chapman, Wheatland Town Historian It is always exciting when someone sends a Wheatland artifact “home.” The Historian’s office...


The Scottsville "Pokey"
by Barb Chapman, Wheatland Town Historian During the late 1800s and early 1900s Scottsville had its own jail. It was located on the south...


Wheatland Constables
by Barb Chapman, Wheatland Town Historian For well over a hundred years, the men responsible for keeping law and order in the Town of...
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