Days Gone By

DAYS GONE BY – October 26th, 2023

The Meeker Herald ~ 125 years ago Wash Wakeman of Buford, was in town Monday with a load of ranch products. Literally speaking, Wash went into the wilderness some years ago and by the expenditure of lots of muscle, backed by a praiseworthy determination to win, has succeeded in making[Read More…]

October 25, 2023 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

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Days Gone By: October 19th, 2023

The Meeker Herald ~ 125 years ago The delinquent tax list will shortly be published. Pay up if you wish to keep your name out of the paper. A light fall of snow mantled mother earth in this valley in the early party of the week and it looked winterish[Read More…]

October 18, 2023 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Days Gone By: October 12th, 2023

The Meeker Herald ~ 125 years ago A car-load of dry goods has been dumped into Hugus & Co.’s store this week, and clerks have been busy getting them in shape. The shelves and connectors show the results of the work. A large and better selected stock was never shown[Read More…]

October 11, 2023 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Days Gone By – October 5th, 2023

The Meeker Herald ~ 125 years ago From three to five inches of snow fell in Meeker and vicinity last Saturday night, but it soon disappeared the day following wherever the sun could reach it. The weather has been clear since, and the nights are quite cold. The county commissioners[Read More…]

October 4, 2023 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Days Gone By Sept 28th, 2023

The Meeker Herald ~ 125 years ago Rio Blanco County should be represented at the mountain and plain festival with some kind of a float. A chunk of coal weighing a ton or so (if nothing else) would be quite the advertisement for this section. “Broncho John” Martin had a[Read More…]

September 27, 2023 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

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Days Gone By: September 21st, 2023

The Meeker Herald ~ 125 years ago The railroad accident referred to in last week’s issue turned out to have been as bad as at first reported. It happened just below New Castle. An eastern bound Midland freight train and a Rio Grande passenger, both running at the usual speed,[Read More…]

September 20, 2023 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Days Gone By – September 14, 2023

The Meeker Herald ~ 125 years ago One evening last week as State Game Warden J.S. Swan was crossing the state bridge at Glenwood he met a heavily laden pack animal, and upon investigation, he found it loaded with deer killed before the season opened. The offender was John Wetzill[Read More…]

September 13, 2023 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

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The Meeker Herald ~ 125 years ago Arthur Critchlow was in from Piceance during the early part of the week and reports material progression in his section. Among the most notable improvements is that of the new school house on upper Piceance. It is a stone structure, large enough to[Read More…]

September 6, 2023 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

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The Meeker Herald ~ 125 years ago We are now having lovely days and cold nights. Messrs. J.W. Hugus and J.C. Davis returned from Yampa river points Saturday evening and tarried over Sunday in the White river metropolis. Both gentlemen left for the outside Monday morning. Mr. Hugus is very[Read More…]

August 30, 2023 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Days Gone By: August 24th, 2023

The Meeker Herald ~ 125 years ago Boyd Walbridge left Thursday morning for Steamboat Springs to visit his parents there. He took Frank Sheridan along to drive his team. Several wagon loads of fruit have come in from Grand River within the last week or two, but the quality is[Read More…]

August 24, 2023 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

DAYS GONE BY: August 16, 2023

The Meeker Herald ~ 125 years ago Another band of wandering gypsies struck town this week, and they put in a good part of their time in tormenting our residents to have their fortunes told and begging. B.C. Howey has lost nearly a dozen head of cattle recently from unknown[Read More…]

August 16, 2023 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Days Gone By: August 10, 2023

The Meeker Herald ~ 125 years ago Several wagon loads of fruit have come in from Grand River within the last week or two, but the quality is not what it was a year ago. The apple crop of Garfield county bids fair to be an abundant one this year,[Read More…]

August 9, 2023 by Herald Times Staff Comments are Disabled