Meeker Herald ~ 125 years ago
Piceance Creek is full of Aspen people, no less than a hundred being down there, says the Times, whose reporter was there for a few days. They are living on venison.
A game of genuine, unadulterated football is promised to Meeker on Thanksgiving Day. It will be Thornburg vs. Meeker — eleven on a side. The election returns will all be in and incidental animosities healed by that time, so a regular slugging match need not be looked for.
Meeker Herald ~ 100 years ago
Someone predicted that it will be only a few years until speed cops will be working in the clouds controlling aerial traffic. Perhaps then the old fashioned man who still drives an auto will be able to find a place to park.
J.D. Miller, who received the contract for constructing a cement crossing between Tagert’s Hardware Store and First State Bank completed his work in record time the first part of the week.
Meeker Herald ~ 75 years ago
The search for Mrs. Louise Staudinger, who was lost in the Elk Creek section, has been resumed. The search was called off a week ago when a heavy fall of snow blanketed the ground over that entire area, but resumed after weather conditions improved.
After many months of hard work, it now looks like funds will be available and work started on the rebuilding of Highway No. 64 between Meeker and Highway No. 40, through the Rangely oil field.
Search for the missing plane in the Little Hills section was abandoned last Thursday after Sheriff Mead working a ground crew, and Pilot Gordon Warren of Grand Junction working from the air, failed to find any trace of the plane supposedly seen in flames early Wednesday morning.
Meeker Herald ~ 50 years ago
Taking advantage of 14 inches of snow dropped by the first storm of the year last Wednesday and Thursday, Meeker’s young adults moved to the courthouse lawn Saturday afternoon and began their customary snow statue. The 1974 record was a 16-foot monster.
From the reports we hear, the deer hunters are finding their game pickin’s pretty slim. Lots of tracks, but not too many bucks are seen running around.
RANGELY TIMES ~ 50 years ago
The state health department must approve any future annexations to the town of Rangely, according to the Sanitation District board.
Tests conducted by the Colorado Department of Health on school children in the Rangely area show that the number who suffer permanent hearing loss because of noise exposure is markedly higher than usual.
RIO BLANCO HERALD TIMES ~ 25 years ago
As part of Red Ribbon Week, the Meeker Volunteer Fire & Rescue team performed a mock rescue to dramatize the possible consequences of drinking or using drugs and driving.
Members of the Meeker Elementary School helped their principal, Mr. Coulter, smash cans during their annual event. The kids collected 510 pounds of aluminum cans.