Looking Back: One pioneer remembrance in granite

MEEKER — There are sights throughout every community that most people take for granted but when newcomers ask about its origin, not many people seem to know the real story. The courthouse rock is one of those objects. It was placed there more than 59 years ago on July 7, 1949, to honor the original founders. The plaque commemorating the town’s originators garners more shoe prints than fingerprints, as the younger segment of the local…