The Meeker Herald 125 years ago • Victor Dikeman discovered the lair of a mountain rat in one of the Hugus warehouses a few days ago. Vick thought the occurrence was extraordinary, but when we told him that we had known them to carry off grindstones over in Park County,[Read More…]
Tag: Vietnam
Vietnam vet, family fighting a different kind of battle, 49 years later
RANGELY |One of our nation’s many wars may be “over,” but the battles rage on for our veterans and their families. Bob and Gaila Bell are Rangely natives. Bob’s (Robert) family tree in Rangely precedes the oil boom that put the town on the map, and Gaila’s history traces back[Read More…]
Local veteran’s story included in new book
MEEKER | EDITOR’S NOTE: Dave Cole downplays his own Vietnam experience in light of what others endured, but he did play a role and his story deserves to be told. Author William F. Brown agreed, and asked Cole to be interviewed for a chapter in a new book, “Our Vietnam[Read More…]
History many don’t know
RBC I There are 58,267 names now listed on the polished black wall of the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C., including those added in 2010. The names are arranged in the order in which they were taken from us by date. Within each date the names are alphabetized. It[Read More…]
Vietnam Veterans Day declared March 30
The U.S. Senate declared March 30 “Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day.” On March 30, 1973, U.S. troops withdrew from Vietnam under the terms of the Treaty of Paris.
Rangely residents called to LDS mission in Vietnam
RANGELY — Mark and Pam Berrett of Rangely have accepted a mission call for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and will serve in the Cambodia-Phnom Penh area mission.
