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Hanna's Union Pacific Coal Company Store

Page by Bob Leathers

1890's: The original Union Pacific Coal Company Store was moved from Carbon to Hanna.
1939-40: A new Union Pacific Coal Company Store was built in Hanna. G. E. Bullock was the manager of the Hanna store in 1938. Harry Lyon was the manager in 1946.

1890

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Union Pacific Coal Company Store in Carbon (While Family Collection from Bob Leathers)
Union Pacific Coal Company Store before it was moved from Carbon to Hanna.

1890's

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Hanna. Looking Over the No. 2 Mine. (Gert Milliken Collection from Gary Milliken)
The Union Pacific Coal Company's Hanna Store and Love's Opera House were located on Front Street. The coal company hauled the store from Carbon to Hanna. 

1910

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Hanna Parade (University of Wyoming - American Heritage Center) copy
The Union Pacific Coal Company Store was located on Front Street after it was moved from Carbon to Hanna. 

1913

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1913: Union Pacific Coal Company Store in Hanna (While Family Collection from Bob Leathers)
The Union Pacific Store and warehouse occupied the space about where Love's Theater now stands. It was a general merchandise store where the miners purchased most of their goods and could have the amount deducted from their pay. (Hanna Miner, 1962)

1924

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(UPCCEM, January 1925)

1927

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(Union Pacific Coal Compamy Employe's Magazine, October 1927)

1928

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Union Pacific Coal Company Store. 1928. (The Pioneer. 1928)

1928

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Union Pacific Coal Company Advertisement for stove (UPCCEM, December 1928)

1928

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Union Pacific Coal Company Advertisement for stove (UPCCEM, December 1928)

1928

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Union Pacific Coal Company Advertisement for stove (UPCCEM, December 1928)

1938

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Union Pacific Coal Company Store. Hanna. 1938. (Hanna Miner. 1938)

1939

A new Union Pacific Coal Company Store was built across from the Hanna school on The Lincoln Highway (Highway 30) in 1939. 
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Hanna Union Pacific Coal Company Store (Hanna Miner)
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Hanna Union Pacific Coal Company Store, decorated for Christmas (While Family Collection from Bob Leathers)
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Hanna Union Pacific Coal Company Store, decorated for Christmas (While Family Collection from Bob Leathers)

1946

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Union Pacific Coal Company Store. 1946. (Hanna Miner. 1946)

1949

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U.P. Coal Company Store. 1949. (Hanna Miner. 1949)

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