Acme Theatre

BillJunior on February 2, 2021 at 2:57 pm

The Town of Acme was formed around 1910. In 1920, the Sheridan-Wyoming Coal Company was incorporated and this company acquired various mines such as the Sheridan Coal Co., Carney Coal and the Acme Coal Co. Miners at the Acme mine were under the jurisdiction of District 22, United Mine Workers of America.

Acme closed its mine in 1940. At the time it employed 150 workers. The town consisted of a general store, post office and a school, as well as some miner cottages rented out to residents. In 1968, the town was sold (for a second time) in the hope for a revitalization. In the mid-1960s, a new coal silo had been constructed but production was not very successful. In 1977, the town was sold to the Kiewit Sons Mining Co. It was at that stage when the site was cleared of housing for a trailer park. However, the park plan never materialized. The little company town of Acme continued to dissipate into the late 1970s. By 1975 (per state census) Acme had “about” 100 inhabitants.