The Meeker Herald 125 years ago – NOTE—We understand that the Trimmer and Allsebrook bills were for sheep killed in the Limekiln hill raid, and we hear that the matter will now go into the courts, as Messrs. Allsebrook and Trimmer intend suing the county. – G.S. Allsebrook has sold[Read More…]
Days Gone By
Days Gone By: October 3, 2019
The Meeker Herald 100 years ago – That golden tint which makes the landscape look beautiful is very much in evidence these days. – Canada has a law that disenfranchises a slacker for 15 years and prohibits them from holding office. They go on the theory that a man who[Read More…]
Days Gone By: September 26, 2019
The Meeker Herald 125 years ago – County surveyor Moog returned from the Rangely country Wednesday after locating and surveying the new Rangely and Grand Junction road. He also found the state line stakes, so that people living in that neighborhood will now know whether they are residing in Colorado[Read More…]
Days Gone By: September 19, 2019
The Meeker Herald 100 years ago – Big frost of forepart of the week was followed by cold nights, warm and dusty days. – A Chapter of the P.E.O. was launched in Meeker Sept. 22 by the state organizer, Mrs. Magill, of Grand Junctions, with a membership of 12. –[Read More…]
Days gone by
The Meeker Herald 100 years ago n Governor Bamberger and a party of Utah people again visit Meeker arouse much interest in railroad prospects. n Meeker and Rio Blanco County had a good representation at Rifle on Apple Pie Day. Friz Ebler took first money in the free-for-all horse race,[Read More…]
Days Gone By: August 29, 2019
The Meeker Herald 125 years ago – Ed Eakins arrived in town at 4:30 yesterday morning (having left Rifle at 9:30 Thursday evening) brining the news of the killing of Johnny Gebhardt, which occurred about an hour before on the street near the Winchester hotel. Full particulars of the deplorable[Read More…]
Days Gone By: August 22, 2019
The Meeker Herald 125 years ago – It is reported that a large party of alleged sportsmen, with dogs, are killing deer and elk at a reckless rate in the Lost Park region. What’s our populistic game warden and his deputies doing? Oh, they’re electioneering for Waite and telling what[Read More…]
Days Gone By: August 15, 2019
The Meeker Herald 125 years ago – The Herald overlooked one very important historic item last week, viz: The seventh anniversary of the last Ute outbreak (?). How time flies! – Frank Sawyer met with an accident on Monday at the Sheridan sawmill by which he lost the little finger[Read More…]
Days Gone By: August 8, 2019
The Meeker Herald 125 years ago – The children of the late Henry Smith request The Herald to tender their sincere thinks [sic] to friends and neighbors for many acts of kindness and consolation rendered during the long illness and after the death of their father. – James Kinney has[Read More…]
Days Gone By: August 1, 2019
The Meeker Herald 125 years ago – An informal meeting of the board of county commissioners was held on Monday at which a number of citizens, representing the cattle and sheep interests of the county, were present. The meeting was called with a view to seeing if some understanding could[Read More…]
Days Gone By: July 25, 2019
The Meeker Herald 125 years ago – Fishing parties from Meeker up to the mouth of the canyon and above report lots of dead fish floating in the river; the result of the dynamiting, no doubt, going on near the headwaters of the White. – John Wildhack, of Pekin, Illinois,[Read More…]
Days Gone By: July 18, 2019
The Meeker Herald 125 years ago – Just as the fight was about to commence on Monday Dr. Bruner (who was to act as surgeon) was called to Powell Park on a professional visit. Mr. and Mrs. Grant Purcell furnished the subject in the shape of a daughter. – An[Read More…]
