Rio Blanco County Days Gone By

The Meeker Herald — 100 years ago
• Gustaf Kracht was the winner of the greased-pig contest at the 4th of July festivities. Irene Amick won the 50-yard dash. Mary Amick won the nail driving contest.
• It is reliably reported that a railway surveying corp is at work in the vicinity of Yellow Jacket pass (the divide between Coal and Milk creeks).
• The poison weed on the forest reserve grazing grounds and wolves…