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"A Look Back"
The Stories presented here are about people and events during the early days when
this corner of Colorado was first settled.
Other stories in the "A Look Back" series:
509 Yampa – Standing the test of time
595 Colorado Street
Al Martinez – a man of faith and leadership
Architect turned homesteader – L. A. Heard
Attractive New Filling Station Nearly Finished
Augusta Wallihan
Bringing a touch of class to Northwest Colorado
Byron Cooper – A man of integrity
Charles and Effie Osborn
Christian Church of Craig – up from the ashes
Christina Murray – last and first
Cosgriff Hotel
Craig airport an important part of city’s history
Craig Armory building an important part of history
Craig Becomes An Official Town
Craig Bottling Works
Craig drugstores
Craig Motel
Craig, Colorado The First Twenty Years
Craig’s Early Gas Stations
Craig’s early Motels
Craig’s oldest continuous retail business still going strong
D. W. Diamond, Photographer
D.W. Diamond
Doc Montgomery Early Craig Cobbler
Drawing the lines of a new territory
Duffy Tunnel
Elsie Wingo
Ersel Deakins – A man of Craig
George and Julia Welch – part of Craig’s founding tapestry
Gregory Cash Grocery
Hamilton Hamlet Home to Hundreds
Historical Church Changes With Time
Historical Movers and Shakers
I.P. Beckett – born to lead
J.J. Stanton – One of Craig’s early movers
John and Fern Sherman
Joseph S. Collom, Pioneer Axial Basin Rancher
Joseph S. Collom, Pioneer Axial Basin Rancher
Julia Carpenter – Craig’s grand Lady
L.S. “Ted” McCandless – caring for Craig
Ladore Canyon Dam Project
Lawrence couple strong supporters of Craig
Lay, Colorado
Lewis M. Hellebust, photographer
Loyd DeuPree III
Martin Lukas – Bohemian homesteader
Mary Wiley Humphrey
Maurice Flynn heads for Hollywood…and back…and back
Mining something
Moblile Economy Run
Moffat County High School – history repeats itself
Moffat County homesteader goes to State
Moffat County’s railroad legacy
One Boy's Life
P. F. Kremer, Artist and Homesteader
Persinger sisters showed true style
Piecing together a good life
R.V. Bryan Helped To Lay The Foundations of Craig
Rangewars - Sheep Massacre on the Yampa
Red Wash Jones
Rev. J. N. Bridges
Rosetta Webb-McKinney – an early Craig dynamo
Russell Coles – Keeping the books for Moffat County
Sawtooth Range Riders
Sheep industry/Winder
Stoddards recorded the history of Craig as they lived it
Teacher brings Europe to Craig
The Bilsing Family
The Crosthwaites – providing a legacy of excellence
The Fuss family – Bringing the staff of life to Craig
The Future of Craig
The last of the bad good guys
The last passenger train to Craig
The Legacy of Tracy & Lant
The lost Freeman grave
The Osborn clan grows up and out
Tragedy at Wadge Mine Part 1
Tragedy At Wadge Mine Part 2
Tragedy At Wadge Mine Part 3
Tragedy At Wadge Mine Part 4
Tragedy At Wadge Mine Part 5
Tragedy At Wadge Mine Part 6
Victory Highway
W.P. Irwin – Pharmacist and friend of Craig
Wantland – hope or speculation?
Washington Held – a friend of Craig
William Penn Finley – Supporter of Craig and her people
William Terrill – keeping the peace
Yampa Canyon
"Bad Man" Bob Meldrum
By Museum Staff
The Museum of Northwest Colorado in Craig, is in pursuit of answers to the legend and the mystery surrounding Bob Meldrum, reputed bad man and lawman of Wyoming.
 Meldrum, who lived near Saratoga in the 1920’s, had a varied history on both sides of the law. Having served as agent to Pinkerton’s Detective Agency, as well as a watchdog for the big cattle outfits around Little Snake River, Meldrum gained a reputation as a mean man with a quick trigger finger. Some insist he was responsible for over fourteen wanton killings.
It took several questionable shootings before the law caught up with Meldrum and he eventually served time in the Wyoming penitentiary. While in the pen, Bob learned to work leather and also discovered a latent talent for drawing.
 Upon parole from prison, he took up residence at Walcott, near Saratoga, and opened a saddle shop. After a disastrous fire wiped out his shop in 1926, Meldrum disappeared, leaving behind a trail of unanswered questions.
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