MEEKER | The Rio Blanco Rural Schools Team of RBCHS will be holding a Spaghetti dinner and dessert auction fundraiser Saturday, April 8, 5-7 p.m. at the VFW Community Center, 290 Fourth St. $10/adult, $8/senior, $5/child. Proceeds will go toward finishing restoration of the historic Coal Creek School. Come join[Read More…]
Tag: Rio Blanco Historical Society
Restoration to begin…
RBCHS has presentation on music
MEEKER I The Rio Blanco County Historical Society will hold a musical history program on Sunday centered around local music. The public is invited.
Early local teachers came to RBC for work, found love
MEEKER I The Rio Blanco County Historical Society and its Rural School Committee teamed with the Meeker Arts and Culture Council Sunday, April 6, to portray “Rural School Days,” a fun and informative historic presentation.
Honest Abe on freeing the slaves
MEEKER I Students of Kristen Henderson’s and Pat Ibach’s fifth-grade classes at Meeker Elementary School, as well as Barone Middle School and Meeker High School students were delighted by John Voehl’s portrayal of Abraham Lincoln, one of America’s greatest presidents, on Feb. 19.
History of local churches topic of historical society event
MEEKER I The Rio Blanco Historical Society had an educational and entertaining quarterly meeting at St. James Episcopal Church in Meeker June 30. The meeting was held in the hall named for Father Will Richards, in honor of guest speaker Andrew Cooley, who was in character as Father Richards.
Historical Society enjoys successful Range Call
RBC I The Rio Blanco County Historical Society had a very busy Range Call celebration, helping wrap up the 128th edition of the Fourth of July in Meeker.
Stories of the Parish on June 30
MEEKER | The public is invited to “Stories of the Parish” presented by the Rio Blanco County Historical Society on June 30 in Meeker.
Centenarian honored…
The quarterly meeting of the Rio Blanco Historical Society began by singing “Happy Birthday” to Evelyn Metzger on Sunday. Metzger recently turned 100 years of age, and she shared some timeless and priceless stories in line with the day’s pioneer woman theme.
Program highlighted area pioneers
MEEKER I The Rio Blanco Historical Society’s “Pioneer Women of Rio Blanco County” program drew more than 70 persons Sunday to enjoy the telling of tales dating back at least decades in county history.
RBC Historical Society presentation
MEEKER | A program titled “Pioneer Women of Rio Blanco County” will be presented April 7 at Kilowatt Korner in Meeker.
Lincoln re-enactment
Roughly 60 Meeker residents spent an educational two hours on April 14 at Meeker High School, learning firsthand about President Abraham Lincoln. John Voehl of Littleton captivated the audience at the free performance with stories and anecdotes about Lincoln’s childhood, young adulthood and his presidential years.
