MEEKER I Welcome to Meeker and the 127th Range Call celebration. We hope that you will enjoy our 2012 and 74th annual presentation of “The Twilight of the Ute Empire.”
The Meeker Pageant: “Twilight of the Ute Empire”
July 3, 2012 by Leave a Comment
MEEKER I We welcome you to Meeker and the 127th Range Call celebration, and hope that you will enjoy our 2012 presentation of “The Twilight of the Ute Empire.” On behalf of the cast and production staff, I would like to share with you how the pageant came to be, and has been enjoyed by [...]
What’s in a name? Dispelling the controversy about the Meeker Pageant
August 12, 2011 by Leave a Comment
MEEKER I An unfortunate controversy has arisen concerning the title of the annual historical pageant in which allegations have been made based on inaccurate information.
Letter to the Editor: Keep the name of the pageant the same
August 6, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Dear Editor: It was interesting to me that Dolly Viscardi, in her column a couple of weeks ago, used my Uncle Roy (LaRoy) Purdy to reinforce an argument for changing the name of the Meeker Massacre Pageant to the Meeker Pageant. Needless to say, I knew Roy Purdy very well.
Twilight of the Ute Empire
July 2, 2011 by Leave a Comment
MEEKER I We welcome you to Meeker and the 126th Range Call celebration and hope that you will enjoy our 2011 presentation of “The Twilight of the Ute Empire.” On behalf of the cast and production staff, I would like to share with you how the pageant came to be, and has been enjoyed by [...]
Loose Ends: This is not what we remember
July 1, 2011 by Leave a Comment
The following column appeared in the Herald Times before the Utes returned to the White River Valley and it caused many people to talk about the future of the Meeker Pageant. Some questioned my reasoning and tried to turn it into an “us vs. them” argument.
