Fred Nichols renamed Rangely’s Coltharp store in 1947.
RANGELY | Nichols Store in Rangely is celebrating its 116th anniversary. In 1904 Fred Nichols (whose father Ben shot one of the attempted thieves in Meeker’s thwarted 1896 bank robbery), moved to Rangely to manage the general store owned by H. Coltharp. He was 20 years old.
In 1947, the year Rangely was incorporated as a town with Fred as mayor (he also served as…