EDITOR’S NOTE: This fall will mark the 140th anniversary of the official founding of the Town of Meeker (and this newspaper). Mr. Allsebrook is the first name listed on the founder’s plaque on the boulder in front of the courthouse.
Many immigrants have shaped Meeker and Northwest Colorado. George Samuel Allsebrook was born in Yoxhall, Staffordshire, England March 10, 1838. He immigrated to America in 1868 on the ship Cuba with John Allsebrook, George’s younger…