John Bihr: John Bihr was born at Rairden, Wyoming on September 25, 1905. On May 23, 1931 he married Mollie Lass. John was employed by Holly Sugar Corporation from 1927 to 1935 from then until 1945 he had the Standard Bulk Plant and service station. In 1945 he started the Worland Machine Company. On February 11, 1964 the building was destroyed by fire and he began rebuilding within a week.
- adapted from "A History of Washakie County"
Christina Bihr: Christina Bihr was born in Germany and married Mathias Bosch in New York. They brought their family in a covered wagon to homestead in the Manderson area in 1895. There were very few farmers in the area at that time, but six German farmers built the first irrigation ditch. Christina came from Germany as a bride and had been told America was a land of milk and honey. She soon learned life in the western frontier was a hard one.