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{Guest Column} History: The ‘Meeker Massacre’ and the not-so-distant past

EDITOR’S NOTE: Friday, Sept. 29 marks the 138th anniversary of the “Meeker Massacre.”

By Brandi Denison
Special to the Herald Times
Meeker | I grew up in Western Colorado, and, maybe like other residents of the area, I learned the story about the Meeker Massacre. I spent summers in my grandparents’ peach orchards, driving tractors and acting out my understanding of the events with my cousins. As a kid, the ethnic cleansing of the Utes…