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1966 Map of Meeker

Name: 1966 Topographic Map of Meeker
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1970
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1970

About this map

Meeker serves as the focal point of this mid-1960s survey, situated along the northern banks of the White River in the heart of Agency Park. The town layout includes essential civic infrastructure such as the Courthouse, Hospital, and local schools like Jr High Sch and HS. Beyond the town limits, the landscape is defined by the broad river valley of Powell Park and the rugged drainages of Sulphur Creek and Strawberry Creek.

Resource extraction and memory are intertwined across this terrain, from the coal-producing Black Diamond Mine and Fairfield Mine to the somber location of the Meeker Massacre (Historical Site) west of town. Genealogy researchers will find the Highland Cem and Strawberry Cem clearly marked, while the network of irrigation ditches and gravel pits near the river illustrates the agricultural and industrial adaptations of the Rio Blanco County region.