Tag: Rangely Times

Days Gone By: September 23

 The Meeker Herald 125 years ago • Asparagus is the oldest known plant that has been used as food. • If everybody who talks in favor of cooperation would put it into effect to the extent of their power a difference would soon be apparent. • A serious accident happened[Read More…]

Days Gone By: September 16

 The Meeker Herald 125 years ago • A new flume was put in where the town ditch crosses Sulphur creek during the past week. • Some laborers on a strike at the brick yard raised a rumpus in the forepart of the week, but peace and harmony were restored by[Read More…]

DAYS GONE BY: September 9

 The Meeker Herald 125 years ago • Monday was Labor Day and it was duly observed in Meeker by the local branch of the Ancient Order of Sons of Rest, who always celebrate this day in a becoming manner. • Wednesday night’s rain storm caused another rise in Sulphur creek,[Read More…]

Happy 75th Birthday to Rangely!

RANGELY I A special celebration will be part of this year’s Septemberfest festivities: the 75th anniversary of the incorporation of the Town of Rangely on Aug. 15, 1946. The vote to incorporate was 101 in favor, to seven against.  Incorporation came during a boom in development and expansion. In 1946,[Read More…]

DAYS GONE BY: August 26

The Meeker Herald  125 years ago  • General reading, that is, of the magazines and newspapers, will tend to broaden your mind and furnish you with topics for conversation.  • The finishing coat of plaster on the Meeker Hotel is about completed.  • Work on the foundation walls of the[Read More…]

Days Gone By: May 27, 2021

The Meeker Herald125 years ago Attempting to stop intoxicated men by appealing to their sober second thought is seldom successful. One of the greatest puzzles to the legislative student is to reconcile the fact that the individual legislator is usually as apt as the average man to take a common[Read More…]

Days Gone By: April 22, 2021

The Meeker Herald125 years ago Dr. Miller, a dentist out of Glenwood has arrived in Meeker and is working out of the Miller house. Business has said to be thriving, though he will be leaving in a few days. The construction of the Meeker Hotel is progressing favorably. The Meeker[Read More…]

Days Gone By: Jan 28, 2021

The Meeker Herald – 125 years ago At the annual meeting of the Highland Cemetery association, the following officers were elected to serve for the ensuing year: A.C. Moulton, President. J.L. McHatton, Vice-President. F.E. Sheridan, Treasurer. F.H. JoHantgen, Secretary and manager. The attendance of stockholders was unusually large and the[Read More…]

Days Gone By: Dec 7, 2020

The Meeker Herald – 125 years ago Some folks, like tug boats, seldom accomplish anything without a great deal of puffing and blowing; but unlike tug boats, they often puff and blow without accomplishing anything. The skating pond has proved a popular attraction and is drawing large crowds of merrymakers[Read More…]

Days Gone By: Aug. 6, 2020

The Meeker Herald  — 125 years ago • Joe Rooney, the popular clerk at the Meeker hotel, is now under sheriff. • The Utes have arrived in the lower country on their annual deer-killing expedition. Isn’t it about time the state authorities were taking these hide hunting Indians in-hand?  •[Read More…]