From our files: Kocherhans raises ‘Beefalo’ in 1975

100 years ago, April 4, 1925

The Cowley Progress

Fire at Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park completely destroyed 81 seven- and 10-passenger busses, machine shops, paint shop, the homes of F.E. Kammermeyer and D.S. Drew and the garage housing the cars within an hour Monday afternoon following an explosion which occurred in the blacksmith shop.

75 years ago, April 6, 1950

The Lovell Chronicle

The climax of the 1949-50 basketball season the Jaycees will play Olson’s All-American Red Heads Wednesday, April 12, at the Lovell High School gym. The Red Heads are a world famous girls team, who have traveled and appeared in many U.S. and Canadian cities. 

They play men’s rules and can boast of winning better than half of their games against the strongest mens teams in the country. Aside from their good ball playing, the Red Heads will offer the crowd a great deal of entertainment that only a girls club can do.

50 years ago, April 3, 1975

The Lovell Chronicle

Rupe Kocherhans reaches down and fondles the heifer calf, and continues that he thinks the critter resting in a straw pile beside him can help reduce cost. It’s a Beefalo, the first born in the State of Wyoming, according to Kocherhans, and last week during a howling blizzard the heifer and two bull calves were born on Kocherhans’ and his partner Winn Brown’s ranch southwest of Lovell. While Brown and Kocherhans own part of the 17 heifers bred to pure Beefalo, actual ownership of the first calf born in Wyoming belongs to Lovell banker Jack Pearson. 

Kocherhans feels the Beefalo may be the perfect cross to keep red meat on the tables of America. He notes that the cattle market is currently down and that one of the compounding problems is the high price of feed. “There’s something about Beefalo that extracts everything into food value,” Kocherhans said. “It has almost a 4-1 conversion of weight to food intake, while normal for a cow is 10-1.”

25 years ago, April 6, 2000

The Lovell Chronicle

Kevin Jones and Tara Tippetts have chosen to be married on Saturday, April 22, in the Lovell LDS Stake Center. The bride’s parents are Dean and Teddie Tippetts, and the groom’s parents are Edward and Sheraldean Jones, all of Lovell. Tara is working as a dental assistant in Cody. Kevin will continue to work at Bentonite Performance Minerals. They will make their home in Lovell.

10 years ago, April 2, 2015

The Lovell Chronicle

Deanna Martineau has been hired to replace retiring Cheri Hoffman as the principal of Lovell Elementary School. Martineau was selected out of more than 20 applicants who applied for the position. Martineau has 20 years of experience in the education field in Utah. She grew up on a ranch in Montana.