100 Years Ago in Sheridan, World War I and a sugar famine hit Thanksgiving pretty hard.Seats at several families' tables sat empty, awaiting a loved one's return from the front.
The sugar famine meant many cooks had to make due with hastily adjusted mincemeat pie recipes.
Then there was the turkey shortage. A decent sized, dressed bird cost upwards of six 1917 dollars--roughly $105 in our dollars--so "all but the plutocrats" had to make do with some serious downsizing.
Despite such hardships, generous donors made sure our soldiers abroad had hot turkey dinners with all the trimmings.
Sheridanites, ever resilient, persevered, giving thanks at morning and evening church services, rallying the Broncs to a 78-0 thrashing of Yellowstone County High at the afternoon football game. And those hardy Sheridan folk feasted indeed, just on rabbit or chicken as the main course--if one wasn't a plutocrat, that is.
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