The first prize parade float depicts Teddy Roosevelt's big game hunts on the White River with a forested scene and taxidermied elk. Celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of the White River National Forest, Rio Blanco County, Meeker, Colorado....
Meeker (Colo.)--1940-1950.; White River National Forest (Colo.)--Commemoration.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Meeker--1940-1950.; Historical reenactments--Colorado--Meeker--1940-1950.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Meeker--1940-1950.
The second prize parade float depicts the Meeker Massacre, with white men dressed in Native American costumes. They wear feather headresses and skin pants, shoot Indian Agent Nathan C. Meeker, and hold a woman captive by her hair. Parade part of...
Meeker (Colo.)--1940-1950.; White River National Forest (Colo.)--Commemoration.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Meeker--1940-1950.; Historical reenactments--Colorado--Meeker--1940-1950.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Meeker--1940-1950.
A group dressed in turn of the century costumes walks in the parade celebrating the fifthieth anniversary of the White River National Forest, Rio Blanco County, Meeker, Colorado. Spectators line the street with bluffs in the distance.
Meeker (Colo.)--1940-1950.; White River National Forest (Colo.)--Commemoration.; Costumes--Colorado--Meeker--1940-1950.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Meeker--1940-1950.
A mounted cowboy unit herds Herefords down Main Street during the parade celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the White River National Forest, Rio Blanco County, Meeker, Colorado. Spectators line sides of street, stand on balcony of the Meeker...
Meeker (Colo.)--1940-1950.; White River National Forest (Colo.)--Commemoration.; Cattle herding--Colorado--Meeker--1940-1950.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Meeker--1940-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Meeker--1940-1950.
A group of men ride on a historic four horse-drawn stagecoach in a parade celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the White River National Forest, Rio Blanco County, Meeker, Colorado. Spectators line the street with bluffs in the distance.
Meeker (Colo.)--1940-1950.; White River National Forest (Colo.)--Commemoration.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Meeker--1940-1950.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Meeker--1940-1950.
A ranger in historic costume (coon skin hat with a pack outfit) followed by a modern ranger (with a pickup truck and horse trailor) depict fifty years of progress, in a parade celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the White River National Forest,...
Meeker (Colo.)--1940-1950.; White River National Forest (Colo.)--Commemoration.; Costumes--Colorado--Meeker--1940-1950.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Meeker--1940-1950.; Rangers--Colorado--Meeker--1940-1950.
October 11, 1941
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