Byron Linden, born here in 1922, may be Meeker’s oldest native

By Doc Watson
Special to the Herald Times
MEEKER | “Most of the people I knew are dead,” Byron Linden, 95, said with a chuckle. “The golden years have gotten a little rusty.” As the oldest resident in Meeker who was actually born in Meeker (Jan. 24, 1922), Linden has had a long and fulfilling life.
In 1928, Linden’s father was helping on a drilling rig up on Thornburg, but after a major problem with…