The Meeker Herald
125 years ago
- The river went down rapidly during the past 10 days.
- School closed yesterday with very credible entertainment at courthouse hall.
- Ezra Flemming made it to town with about 400 head of cattle he purchased from the San Luis valley.
The Meeker Herald
100 years ago
- The senior class presented the community with the play “Old Days in Dixie” at Dunham Hall.
- Under new game and fish law whitefish may be caught at any time of the year now that they are classed with suckers and squawfish.
- The weather conditions for the track meet last Saturday could not have been better even if they had been specially ordered.
The Meeker Herald
50 years ago
- J. O. Weiland, Dick Moyer, and Jim Brown sworn in to their chairs as new members of the Meeker School Board.
- Rev. Daniel Newman was the Baccalaureate speaker for the graduation class of 1971.
- The White River Museum was very popular this week with three third grade classes from Rifle visiting. While the 4th and 5th grade students from Silt visited Friday morning.
The Meeker Herald
25 years ago
- A group of teens from Craig went on a crime spree in Meeker. First stealing Louis Adam’s truck then breaking into and stealing multiple vehicles, including breaking into a police officers car.
- The county’s drug sniffing dog Xaro gave a drug demonstration to the elementary school this last week.
- Tom Kourlis, the state agriculture commissioner, addressed a citizens group about developing new predator control regulations for the state.
Rangely Times
50 years ago
- Karen Anderson was selected as the Queen of the Little Buckaroo Rodeo and Junior Riding Club. Jana Lee Nickson was chosen as first attendant and Kathy Caldwell as second attendant.
- Part of the stolen goods taken from Peacock’s Store last October have been recovered from a field near Rangely. A number of rifles, shotgun, pistol, cameras, radios, etc. were taken from the store last fall.
Rangely Times
25 years ago
- A routine cut on an oil transportation trailer that belonged to Ace West Transportation burst into flames after an employee took a cutting torch to it believing it had been cleaned out.
- Noel Crown and Joel Hogan were honored for their long-time service to the Re-4 School District after the board accepted their retirement.
- The annual Rangely Canoe Race will be held on May 27th, sponsored by the Outback Adventure Club of CNCC. Teams will canoe 58 miles down the White River.
