Basin’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Basin. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Winfield S. Collins founded "Basin City" in 1896 as the county seat for newly created Big Horn County. The first building was home to the "Basin City Herald". The town was incorporated in 1902 as simply "Basin". Collins was the first mayor.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Basin’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Basin’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewGreybullRiver1963, 1963: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Basin
See all 2 →Basin, decade by decade
1990s
2 historic places in Basin
2 places in Basin are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as GreybullRiver1963 (1963) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.