History Lessons, Meeker

History Lessons: Founder stories: Charles Dunbar Pt. 2

Photo of the early days of the Meeker Hotel from www.historymeeker.com

Once more, the Dunbar family in this edition are NOT related to any Dunbar family in Meeker today. We covered the dramatic death of Charles Dunbar last week. What I didn’t know when I started my research, is where Charley came from. Meeker acquaintances only knew that he arrived at the Camp on the White River with Mrs. S.C. Wright and all assumed that…