County, Days Gone By

DAYS GONE BY – November 20th, 2025

Meeker Herald ~ 125 years ago

The proper move now is to drop political animosities and pull together for the expansion of the interests of the great empire of Northwestern Colorado.

The official figures of the population of Colorado were given out this week. The state is given at 539,700, Rio Blanco County 1,609, and Meeker 507.

Meeker’s only Chinaman, John Wong, left for his native country Thursday morning. John came to this section in…