Meeker Herald ~ 125 years ago
C.L. Walrad shipped a large bunch of range horses last week. Mr. W is culling his band and getting rid of the poorest– a good idea. Other horsemen should think likewise.
There will be no services at St. James to-morrow, but it is expected the church improvements will be far enough advanced to permit holding services the following Sunday.
Prussic acid and essence and oil of almonds are made from the peach and prune pits and its flavors are used in many ways.
Meeker Herald ~ 100 years ago
Mr. Fordham was called back to the bank last Monday due to Mr. Neal’s unfortunate accident. Mr. Fordham had gone to Glenwood for a few days’ visit with his daughter.
The Senior Editor and otherwise pencil-pusher of the Herald Times has been laid up for the past 10 days but is now on the road to recovery.
The Thanksgiving Dance given by the I.O.O.F. Thursday night was an unusually successful affair. The music which was furnished by the home orchestra was good and this organization should get the support of the entertaining public.
Meeker Herald ~ 50 years ago
Another unexpected radioactive substance has been discovered in the natural gas and water at Project Rio Blanco, the May 1973 detonation of three nuclear devices southwest of Meeker. Health officials confirmed that strontium-90 escaped from a nuclear “chimney” in a manner that project scientists did not expect.
RBC Commissioners accepted the new White River Museum addition for the county Monday afternoon with 40 people in attendance. He said that the museum was a record of Rio Blanco County’s progress, and said the contributions of each generation have made Meeker a better place for people to live and the museum serves as a memorial to their many accomplishments.
Meeker Herald ~ 25 years ago
The first substantial snowfall came to Meeker the same day the Theos family moved their sheep through town to the winter pastures. The snow will always come, but sheep are becoming scarce in America. All the wool growers in northwest Colorado predict that the day may not be very far off when sheep will no longer be a part of the local charm.
It took 15 long months to make it happen, but all three of the poachers who killed as many as 100 deer and pronghorn in a three day killing spree in August of 1998, are now living in the Moffat County Jail in Craig.
Natasha Gutierrez bagged a really nice 3×2 buck on private land up Strawberry. She is 12, so this is the first year she has been eligible to hunt. When asked the secret to her success she felt sure it was because she “had the best guide in the county – her dad Joe Gutierrez.”
RANGELY TIMES ~ 25 years ago
Thursday night the CNCC Natural Resource Club hosted a spaghetti dinner at the Rangely Firehouse. Approximately 75 hungry residents attended the fundraising event to help finance the club’s activities.
On Nov. 19 the Rangely High School Student Council sponsored the second annual Vernal trip and went to the Dino Bowl and then to dinner at Pizza Hut and then were given the opportunity to see a film. They returned to Rangely around 1 a.m.