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In 1884, HT founder James Lyttle traveled from Leadville to Red Cliff via train, then over the Flat Tops to Meeker on horseback. | HT STAFF PHOTO

The first newspaper in what would later become Rio Blanco County was born in Meeker, Colorado on August 15, 1885.

Mr. James Lyttle was an Irish immigrant who had worked at a newspaper in Leadville, Colorado. He must have liked the work, because…

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