Special to the Herald Times White River Agency, Colorado. March 17, 1879 Sir: I have now not less than twelve Indians regularly at work on the farm, and it is likely that the number will be considerably increased. They are engaged in fencing, in grubbing a large bottom for potato[Read More…]
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State of the White River: water year 2023
A water year in USGS hydrology records ends on Sept. 30, when rivers drop to their baseline flow. Here’s a summary of water year 2023 on the White River. It ran higher longer than in 2022. Good news in that regard. Overall climate trends in the basin, however, remain alarming.[Read More…]
Conrado family donation will extend co-responder program
Nationwide, somewhere between 10-20% of emergency calls to police involve individuals experiencing a mental health crisis. Some of those calls end tragically, as was the case in the 2021 shooting death of Christian Glass, 22, in Clear Creek County. Six officers who responded to Glass’s 911 call have been criminally[Read More…]
Meeker sets Operation Christmas Child record
The Operation Christmas Child’s mission statement is “to provide God’s love in a tangible way to children in need around the world, to share the good news of Jesus Christ.” The Shoebox Ministry was in full swing Nov. 13-20. Emmanuel Baptist Church was once again the collection site for the[Read More…]
GOOD CHEER
Illuminated for Christmas, the historic Coal Creek Schoolhouse is available to rent for special events, holiday parties and gatherings. Contact the White River Museum for details and reservations at 970-878-9982. STEVEN BRICKEY photos
FINDING JOY
The Christmas display at the former home of Joe Fennessy lights up the corner of Sixth and Park in Meeker. Dolly Viscardi photo
SIGNED
Jonathan Fitzgibbons of Meeker has signed his letter of intent to play baseball at Dordt University in Iowa. Tiffany Jehorek photo.
Breakfast with Santa 2023
Santa Claus was in town for ERBM’s annual Breakfast with Santa. The Meeker Lions Club served free pancakes, eggs and sausage to all attendees. Caitlin Walker | Herald Times
History Lessons – Hot off the presses! Three-quarters of SF destroyed by fire
(OK, I could not resist the “hot off the presses” pun, do not blame Niki.) In the Meeker Herald April 28, 1906, issue, there is a story about the victims of the recent earthquake (April 18) and fire that devastated San Francisco. Several of the survivors had family ties in[Read More…]
Museum Musings – Letters from history, No. 27
Special to the Herald Times White River Agency, Colorado, March 17, 1879 Sir: I am informed that some thirty White River Utes and about to start for the north, having heard of the fighting in the Upper Missouri country. Their object probably is to supply ammunition to the hostiles, and[Read More…]
Prescribed burns planned for Piceance Basin
PRESS RELEASE The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is planning pile burns in the White River Field Office between Dec. 5, 2023, and March 30, 2024. The 454-acre project area is in the Piceance Basin, approximately 25 miles SW of Meeker on BLM public lands in Rio Blanco County. The[Read More…]
Dec. 7, 1941: Pearl Harbor Day
“War, war, war has been the all important topic of everyone since Sunday afternoon when the radios started broadcasting the news that Pearl Harbor and the Hawaiian Islands had been bombed by Japanese planes. Everyone knew that strained relations existed between the United States and Japan but no one was[Read More…]
