“WELCOME TO SHERMAN COUNTY, COLORADO.” That is what a sign along Highway 13 from Rifle to Meeker could have read.
When the Colorado legislature was considering dividing Garfield County in January of 1889, that was the first name proposed for our county. A committee was formed to oppose the division and Chairman, A.G. Still gathered 400 signatures to present in Denver.
The Rocky Mountain NewsFebruary 9, 1889 issue reported: “There are some people in…