On June 13, the Red Lodge community began battling the raging Rock Creek, which had blown its banks at the south end of town. As it escaped its banks, it turned Broadway Avenue into a rocky river channel flooding everything in its path.

The 89th Annual State Firemen’s Association Convention held in Lander, Wyoming this past June drew volunteer firefighting departments from communities across Wyoming, with nine teams competing from the city and rural departments of Afton, Torrington, and Lander and the rural departments of Riverton, Wheatland and Newcastle.

The night of Monday, June 14, was a night the residents of Fromberg will not soon forget. As Rock Creek was flooding Red Lodge, the communities of Belfry, Bridger, Fromberg and Edgar were keeping their eye on the Clark’s Fork River which was lapping at its banks.