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Guest Column – Saving the Herald: A call to action and history of U.S. journalism

Among the oldest continuously published newspapers in Colorado, the Rio Blanco Herald Times is in dire straits due to a lack of sustainable income and announced that the paper would close on Oct. 26 unless a sustainable source of income can be realized. [Ed. Note: Thanks to the generosity of[Read More…]

October 25, 2023 by Special to the Herald Times 1 comment

Guest Column: Lost

By ED PECK All who wander are not lost. Except guys. We get lost, we are not just wandering. Of course, we claim we are taking “the scenic route,” but we are lost. Part of the creed written on the back of our “Man Card” says, “Never Stop and Ask[Read More…]

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

Opinion

Museum Musings: Letters from History, No. 12

Special to the Herald Times The White River Museum has a collection of letters that Meeker founding father Thomas Baker kept for many years. There are letters from Nathan Meeker and prominent figures like Chief Ouray, ex-Indian Agents, and the violently anti-Indian Colorado Governor Pitkin, as well as various Army[Read More…]

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

County

HISTORY MYSTERY

Do you know what this is and what it was used for? Drop us an email, a note, or comment on social media @ht.1885 with your best guesses. | ED PECK PHOTO

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

Guest Column: Valentine

Valentine’s Day didn’t start out as a one-day archery season sponsored by the CPW. They probably didn’t write any state regulations concerning use of pink OHVs driven by fat little cherubs shooting arrows. Of course, cherubs have stubby wings, so they might not need the OHV rental with pink camo[Read More…]

February 9, 2023 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

EDITOR’S COLUMN: Comfortable history

History never repeats itself, but the Kaleidoscopic combinations of the pictured present often seem to be constructed out of the broken fragments of antique legends. ~ from the novel “The Gilded Age: A Tale of To-Day” by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner, 1874 There’s something comforting about history, despite[Read More…]

December 1, 2022 by editor Comments are Disabled

Rural school added to Historic Register

The tin-sided, single-room Yellow Creek Schoolhouse located along State Highway 64 halfway between Meeker and Rangely is now listed in the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties, as of Sept. 28, 2022. This listing resulted from the collaboration between BLM White River Field Office and historic architecture contractors, History Colorado,[Read More…]

October 21, 2022 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

DAYS GONE BY: July 14, 2022

The Meeker Herald125 years ago • The following is from an Independence Day address delivered in Washington by Hon. Benjamin Butterworth, and is worthy of careful consideration: “There is not a legislature today under this flag that has not its organized banditti within its midst who buy and sell legislation,[Read More…]

July 13, 2022 by Herald Times Staff Comments are Disabled

Meeker

Historical signage installed around town

MEEKER | Meeker is rich in history and culture from its beginning in the 1800s to today. The White River Valley, from Trappers Lake to the state line of Colorado and Utah, is home to many noteworthy events. As the year-round home of its earliest residents, the Northern Utes, this[Read More…]

June 16, 2022 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

County

The 78th anniversary of D-Day was Monday, June 6

What was D-Day? In May 1944, 12 Allied nations were working together under the command of General Dwight D. Eisenhower to plan an invasion of Nazi-occupied northern France. Germany’s Chancellor Adolf Hitler expected an imminent attack, but thanks to false tips from undercover spies posing as German sympathizers, his defense[Read More…]

June 8, 2022 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

County

Seeking favorite places on Colorado Main Streets

RBC I Colorado Main Streets boast vibrant businesses, inspiring public art, unique events, and iconic historic buildings. For the second consecutive year, the Colorado Department of Local Affairs Main Streets Program is launching a campaign to celebrate historic downtowns and hear from residents and visitors about the spaces that matter[Read More…]

May 5, 2022 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

DAYS GONE BY: April 28, 2022

The Meeker Herald 125 years ago • Gates Kersburg opened “The Old Kentucky Liquor Store” to the public on Monday and was well patronized. When the finishing touches are put on it, the bar will be one of the most elegant in the state. • Yesterday afternoon, District Game[Read More…]

April 29, 2022 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled