History Lessons: It's been 127 years since the Meeker Bank Robbery. | Rio Blanco Herald Times | Serving Meeker, Rangely, Dinosaur & Northwest Colorado
By ED PECK As we come upon the 127th anniversary of the famous Oct. 13, 1896, Meeker Bank Robbery [attempt], I would like to take a different slant on the event. With exception of our Ute conflicts, sheep wars, and the various Roosevelts, Meeker and Rio Blanco County did not get much ink in newspapers
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