Meacham
HISTORIC OREGON TRAIL
MEACHAM
First known as Lee's Encampment, from establishment of a Troop Camp by Major H.A.G. Lee in 1844. A.B. and Harvey Meacham operated famous "Mountain House" here which gave the town its present name. In later years a famous railroad eating house. "The Log Cabin," became nationally known under the supervision of Grandma Munra, a well-known pioneer figure.
On July 3, 1923, reporters noted Meacham was capitol of the U.S. for a day when President Harding stopped and participated in the exercises commemorating the Eightieth Anniversary of the Covered Wagon Migration 1843.
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under a mile from where William Gabby lived in the 1760s
what this marker records spans 1777 to 1789, overlapping William Gabby's years here
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