Give feedback on Circle Park project MEEKER | Meeker Riverfront / Circle Park Improvement project design plans are moving forward. Please find updated park and river design documents open for public feedback at: erbmrec.com/parks Empty Bowls Feb. 9 MEEKER | Meeker High School’s Empty Bowls fundraiser returns Thursday, Feb. 9[Read More…]
Tag: Old Timers
110TH PIONEERS DINNER & DANCE …
Bobby Gutierrez Photos
Everyone welcome for 110th annual dinner and dance
RBC Pioneers Association shifts gears to include newcomers, younger generations RBC | According to a brief note in the June 29, 1912, Meeker Herald, the pioneers of the White River Valley had been holding a summer reunion before that year, but 1912 is the official date given for the Rio[Read More…]
Letter: Old Timers future plans
Dear Editor: The organizational meeting originally planned for April 20 has been postponed until April 27, Wednesday at 6 p.m. The meeting will be held Wednesday April 27, at 6 p.m. at the White River Museum meeting center, (old mortuary room). Please plan to attend if you can provide input[Read More…]
Letter: Old Timers future plans
Dear Editor: There will be an organizational meeting for those interested in the future of the Old Timers organization. The meeting will be held Wednesday April 20, at 5 p.m. at the White River Museum meeting center, (old mortuary room). Please plan to attend if you can provide input for[Read More…]
NEWS NOTES: August 19
Public meetings for water initiative RBC | Public meetings for the White River Integrated Water Initiative Please join us at the: •Piceance Creek Rock School on Aug. 19, 6 p.m. For more information email [email protected] or visit whiterivercd.com. Frisell, Morrison at the TANK RANGELY | On Saturday, Aug. 28 at[Read More…]
Starbuck shares a century’s worth of memories
By Doc Watson Special to the Herald Times MEEKER | Ethel (Stone) Starbuck is a quintessential example of “old timer,” not just because she’s made it all the way to the one century mark, but more importantly because of the history she has witnessed and experienced during that hundred years.[Read More…]
Bob Amick, Sandy Bradfield come from long-term pioneer clan
MEEKER I In 1879, the White River Utes rebelled against tyrannical Indian agent Nathan Meeker in the last major Native American uprising at the Ute Agency in Powell Park, and the concurrent Battle of Milk Creek with U.S. Army troops.
More than 200 area pioneers take part in Old Timers’ dinner, dance
MEEKER I More than 200 Rio Blanco County Pioneers Association members, including many former Meeker residents from across the nation, traveled to Meeker on Saturday for the 101st “Centennial Plus 1” Old Timers’ reunion dinner and dance held at the Fairfield Community Center.
Cameras roll at Old Timers’ event
MEEKER I The Rio Blanco County Historical Society and Meeker Arts and Cultural Committee are partnering again at this year’s annual Old Timers’ Dinner and Dance to capture stories from area pioneers and their descendants.
Old Timers: Pioneers Assoc. dinner, dance set for June 8
MEEKER I “This is what I heard…” and the story begins, passed from generation to generation. “Stories of the White River Valley” is the theme for the 101st annual dinner/dance of the Rio Blanco County Pioneer Association (Old Timers) on June 8.
Old Timer’s dinner, dance June 8
RBC I The Rio Blanco County Pioneers Association is gearing up for its 101st annual Old Timer’s Reunion Dinner and Dance on June 8.
