Rio Blanco County Days Gone By

The Meeker Herald — 125 years ago
• An accident happened on the Burlington railroad near Hartwell, Neb. George Prilchard of Denver and Robert Bean, of the Bar-circle outfit on Yellow Creek, were instantly killed. The men were in the caboose of their train when a following freight train ran into them. The two trains were completely wrecked and the occupants of the caboose were naturally in a dangerous place.
• C. M. White, brother…