Everyone knows about our historic Meeker Hotel, once visited by politicians and bank robbers. It was a resting place for weary travelers who would emerge from dusty stagecoaches run by the Harp family. What we now see is the product of decades of tearing down, remodeling, additions and hard work.
In the beginning there was an empty adobe building built as temporary housing for soldiers. In 1883 the Army abandoned what was a garrison to…