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Ezra Meeker

The Walker Place

Midland History
March 20, 2026 47
The history of Ezra Meeker published by the Puyallup Historical Society at Meeker Mansion and Wikipedia editor Gary Greenbaum, is a history that is nothing short of false, inaccurate, and misleading. 
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The Road to Midland

Midland History
March 19, 2026 35
During the first week of October 1851, Ezra Meeker and his wife Eliza Jane Meeker moved from their family’s farms...
Ezra Meeker

The Reinventing of Ezra Meeker

Northwest History
March 19, 2026 102
Ezra Meeker, the Puyallup pioneer of Oregon Trail fame, no doubt lived a long and adventurous life.  Just read any...
Oliver Perry Meeker

Oliver Perry Meeker

Midland History
August 28, 2022 303
During the winter of 1851 near Indianapolis, twenty-four-year-old Oliver Perry Meeker and a group of friends and neighbors were making...
Ezra Meeker

Ezra Meeker’s Biggest Blunder

Midland History
January 21, 2022 259
In March 1889 Ezra Meeker committed one of his biggest blunders ever, he was caught and admitted to bribing Puyallup Indians with money for their vote to approve a right of way through the Puyallup Indian Reservation.
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Donation Land Claim Act of 1850

Midland History
March 17, 2021 242
An Act to create the Office of Surveyor-General of the Public Lands in Oregon, and to provide for the Survey,...
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