THE HISTORY OF MEEKER, COLORADO
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Coal Creek Loop

​This historic loop takes you past the first rural school site and ends near the historic Milk Creek Battlefield. You travel near the White River for a short distance, through valleys and canyons full of hay fields, cattle, sheep and beautiful scenery. The loop is about 47 miles.
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Coal Creek Loop:
  • Coal Creek Rural School 
  • Little Beaver Rural School
  • Upper Coal Creek Rural School
  • Thornburgh Rural School
​DRIVING INSTRUCTIONS:

Begin from the corner of 6th Street and Market Street (State Highway 13). Driving northeast (toward Craig), drive 1.7 miles to the intersection of County Road 8 and State Highway 13, taking the right turn onto County Road 8. Drive 3.1 miles to the intersection of County Road 6 and turn left on to County Road 6. Drive .6 miles to see the Coal Creek School (Point A) still standing as of 2013. There is a pull off on the left to the school. The Rio Blanco County Historical Society owns this school and is hoping to restore it.       GPS  N40°O1.866    W107°49.042
Continue on County Road 6 for 4.2 miles to see Little Beaver School still standing as of 2013 on the left(Point B). This is private property.  GPS   N40°01.896   W107°43.958     
Turn around and follow County Road 6 back 4.1 miles to intersection of County Road 39. Turn right on County Road 39 for 2.6 miles to the stop sign. Turn right at the T intersection with County Road 15. Travel 4.1 miles to Upper Coal Creek site (Point C).   GPS      N40°06.407 W107°45.702
Continue driving 7.9 miles on County Road 15 to the Milk Creek Battle site on your left.  The Thornburg School sign is near the picnic table and is the viewpoint(Point D) of the restored Thornburg School. The Thornburg School is on private property.            GPS N40°12.071    W107°41.451        
This is the turnaround point for the Coal Creek Loop. Follow County Road 15 back 15.8 miles to the intersection of State Highway 13. Turn left on to Highway 13 and drive 2.7 miles back to the starting point in Meeker.
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Created by: Meeker Public Library
​Designed & Researched by: Regan Mobley
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  • Home
  • RBC Historical Society
    • Historical School Tours
    • Board
    • Documents
    • Events and news
    • Milk Creek Project
  • Virtual Walk Through
  • History
    • Basic History
    • Past vs. Present
    • Historical Landmarks / Monuments
    • Interesting Short Stories
  • Stores/Buildings
    • Churches
    • Court House/Sheriff's office
    • Fairgrounds
    • Fire Department
    • Hospitals
    • Hugus Building
    • Meeker Cafe and Hotel
    • Meeker Public Library
    • Mountain Valley Bank/ IOOF Lodge
    • Newspapers
    • Pharmacy/Drug Store
    • Post Office
    • San Juans/Meeker Bank
    • Schools
    • White River Museum
  • Obituaries
    • Obits up to 1949
    • Obits from 1950-2000
    • Obits from 2001-Present