Mark Taylor:  

Kemmerer was just so much fun we could travel up country to clear our heads. I would be up there and never cross paths with another person all day, good for the sole. Born in Lyman Wyoming I enjoyed Cub Scouts, learning to swim, bike riding, horses, my white German Shepard dog very nice small community. Moved to Kemmerer in elementary school my dad worked in the coal mine. My mom would soon open a Beauty Shop to do hair we settled into the flats (Guntersville) as it was called next to the Hams Fork. I remember hearing the trains in the switch yard, learned to like the sounds as Kemmerer became home. Junior High was exciting as the town built a new school building and my class moved but we lost the hill at the old school, we would slide down using just our shoes like skis. I enjoyed the Hams Fork ice skating, learning to fish and making rafts. High school was time for sports, dirt bikes, hunting. Much of what it was like is in the yearbooks but not all. When I first moved to town the girls talked to me more than the boys. I noted that when new girls moved to town the boys talked to the them more, so it went with me as I joined in. We represent a good time in KHS history, the school was electrifying. Remember Kemmerer Hot...Expand for more