HISTORY LESSONS: G.D. Thayer… not a founder, but a stockholder

George Dana Thayer, AKA G.D. Thayer, or Dana Thayer, was not an original 1883 Meeker Townsite Company member, however, he did become a stockholder by June 1886, where he was listed as secretary of the Townsite Co. and Meeker Town Recorder. Dana Thayer was a retail grocer at Fort Fred Steele in Wyoming (1870 census) and later a merchant living in Rock Creek, Wyoming, with his father, John M. Thayer, who was listed in the…