Meeker
Loose Ends: ‘I an adult.’
By Dolly Viscardi: Special to the HT I an adult — this declaration was spoken forcefully by a tiny little person: a toddler. Leaving the bookstore storytime, I moved next door to a table in the adjoining coffee shop. I watched a common scenario unfold as a small hand suddenly[Read More…]
HISTORY LESSONS: Memorial Day recollections
By ED PECK | Special to the HT On Friday, May 24 at 9 a.m. the Meeker VFW will be placing flags on veterans’ graves. They will finish at 10:30 SHARP. On Monday, Memorial Day there will be ceremonies at the Circle Park bridge at 9:30 a.m. and immediately after[Read More…]
MUSEUM MUSINGS:
Letters from History, No. 49 White River Agency, ColoradoJune 15, 1879. Sir: Advertisements for proposals for building agency structures have been made, agreeably to your directions, copies of which will be sent you; and I think I ought to ask you whether contractors can have anything from the government here, as[Read More…]
HopeWest selected…
As Childhood Bereavement Changemaker in partnership with Judi’s House/JAG Institute Special to the HT MEEKER | HopeWest is one of 11 grief-centered organizations selected by Judi’s House/JAG Institute to participate in the 2024 Childhood Bereavement Changemaker program to build capacity for data collection and program evaluation through a series of[Read More…]
MHS art show returns to Streamline Realty
White River Alliance sponsoring annual trash clean-up day this Saturday
MEEKER | Join members of the White River Alliance this Saturday for a trash clean-up day. If you would like to help, please meet at the Lake Avery spillway parking area Saturday, May 18 at 9:30 a.m. We will split up to work at multiple sites, making our way down[Read More…]
Fundraisers for the historic Buford School coming in June
MEEKER | The Buford School located at 40905 County Road 17 just south of Buford on the Buford/New Castle route is a historic landmark that began as a two-story structure located near the mouth of the Big Beaver Basin. The ground floor was used as a classroom and the second[Read More…]
Obituary: Ila C. Sturgeon
Dec. 9, 1943 ~ May 13, 2024 Ila Chamberlain was born in Rifle, Colorado, on Dec. 9, 1943, to Delora Olive (Morrow) and Archibald Chamberlain. She left this life and went on to her next journey on May 13, 2024 in Meeker, Colorado. She met the love of her life,[Read More…]
HISTORY LESSONS — Founders’ Stories: Susan C. Wright, Pt. 2
MEEKER | There has been much written about Mrs. S. C. Wright. She was born Sarah Caroline Ball in Pleasant Mound, South Carolina. She preferred the name Susan, and it was by that name Meeker knew her. She was formally referred to as Mrs. S. C. Wright. As the only[Read More…]
Museum Musings: Letters from History No. 48
White River Agency, ColoradoJune 12, 1879. Sir: As the three wagons you have purchased by my request for Indians will I understand, soon be here, I ask your authority to retain them for agency use and give the Indians instead those we are using. First being 3 ½ inch, they are[Read More…]
CPW implements public fish salvage at Lake Avery ahead of rehabilitation project
MEEKER | Effective immediately, Colorado Parks and Wildlife announces a public fish salvage at Lake Avery in preparation for the lake’s rehabilitation project set to begin this summer. The salvage, in effect until Nov. 24, 2024, is being implemented to mitigate imminent fish loss. During the salvage all bag limits[Read More…]