Historic Clearmont characters took the stage Oct. 22 in Clearmont prior to the Sunnybrook Cemetery walk hosted by the Clearmont Historical Group in Clearmont.
Around 30 people filled the Center to hear the stories of some of the people who are buried in Sunnybrook.
Sandy Hirz, Historical Cente
The old rock Huson house, three miles west of Clearmont, is one of the Sheridan County Land Trust preservation projects. The 500 acres of land is protected from development, and old rock house, according to Brad Bauer, Executive Director, the house has a Historic Preservation Easement that protects the “original rock structure.” There have been some additions and alterations over the years, but the house is still much as it was when it was first built.
According to the Clearmont Historical Group, in the book, Huson, As it Was, the Huson family-Doc, Clarissa and their seven children, along with Clarissa’s parents, started West in 1881, traveling in covered wagons along the Oregon Trail. They brought along oxen, cows, horses, pigs, chickens and furniture, barrels of flour, sugar, water and rice were attached to the sides of the wagons. They moved to Buffalo, Wyo.