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Cap Tax Proposal Presented at Council Study Session

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Details of a joint resolution approving proposition for continuation of a one percent Capital Facilities Tax were presented to the Sheridan City Council at this week’s study session. Sheridan Media’s Ron Richter has the details.

Cap Tax Proposal Presented at Council Study Session

The Sheridan County One Cent Specific Purpose Capital Facilities Tax was first approved in 1989, and has been continuously approved by voters in Sheridan County since that time. The tax is a specific purpose tax, where the funds can only be spent on capital improvement projects.

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The CAP Tax is also a specific amount tax, which means the CAP Tax expires when the amount of funds in the resolution are collected. The CAP Tax was last approved by voters in November of 2020. The $40 million that was approved in 2020 has been collected and the CAP Tax will once again be on the ballot in November. City of Sheridan Engineer Thomas Morneau presented details of a joint resolution proposition for continuation of the CAP Tax at the recent Sheridan City Council study session. Morneau said $40 million is once again the number that will come before voters later this year.



The City Council is expected to consider the joint resolution  at their regular business meeting Monday night. If approved by all of the entities involved, the proposed continuation of the CAP Tax will be placed on the November 5, General Election ballot.

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Eaton’s Horse Drive Leaves Leiter

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The Eaton’s Guest Ranch horses arrived at Leiter on Friday night, May 23. It was the first leg of a three-day journey that takes place each spring between Eaton’s Bar 11 Ranch on Wild Horse Creek at Echeta, to the home ranch near Wolf, Wyoming, outside of Dayton.

On Friday, the horses were pastured near the Leiter Bar and Cafe, and the wranglers enjoyed a supper, slept overnight in the Leiter cabins, and had a buffet-style breakfast to get them ready for their day.

Melaine Thomas Klier, owner of the Leiter Cafe and Bar, talked about the drive coming into Leiter, and how long she has hosted the crew.

Mary Eaton, manager of Eaton’s Ranch, explained about when the drive started.

She added that in the fall, after the guest season is over, they truck the horses from the home ranch to the winter pasture near Echeta.

Eaton’s ranch has been in Mary’s family for over 100 years. Three Eaton brothers, Howard, Willis, and Alden Eaton established the ranch in 1879 near Medora, North Dakota. It is the oldest guest ranch in the United States. In 1904, they outgrew the North Dakota location, and purchased the present ranch near Wolf, Wyoming. Later they purchased the winter pasture at Echeta.

Wrangler Tom Alderson, Jr. who has been helping with the drive for several years, talked about this year’s drive.

The horse herd left Leiter at 7 a.m., and the horses traveled through Clearmont, and turned up the Ulm Road. They will spend Saturday night at Wyaro before heading to Eaton’s Ranch on Sunday.

The Eaton horse drive is an annual tradition on Memorial Day weekend in the Sheridan area, with the horses going past the historic Sheridan Inn early in the morning on their way out to the Eaton Ranch. This year, they will go through Sheridan, up Fifth Street, on Sunday, May 25.

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