Show meeker outstanding example of western community culture MEEKER colo meeker Is known to everyone through studies of recorded history as the scene of the meeker massacre the final big indian uprising in the west many ewt easterners erners visualize this far west country as wild woolly and dangerous there arc are still cowboys in this country the men who ride the range lands looking after cattle but they tote guns only to protect their charges from mountain lions and other predatory animals of the high country too there Is much land in this beautiful section of colorado which has not been completely settled only because tt it is not considered to be productive and therefore is not woith the effort required to make it able to produce crops meeker ties lies at an altitude of feet above se sea level and boasts a fine all ali year climate coias cool and inviting in the summer and just the right temperature for multiple winter sports activities its streets are hard surfaced its houses modern its businesses thriving and modern modem in goods and store design this is no longer frontier country but representative of the many hundreds of communities of similar size all over the nation meeker is a city of homes but one where the visitor finds genuine western hospitality and western culture here the vis visitor finds churches of most of the representative denominations which meet the requirements of spiritual life so necessary in any thriving community too there is a beautiful hospital just recently constructed and one of the finest equipped to in the state to serve the surrounding ro anding area meeker meeker fire equipment and ambulance service is housed in the new city hall building and te is manned by the top volunteer fire department la in the west |