All About Ezra Meeker

Today we had a guest speaker in our class. His name is Mr. Bob Minich, he's Amelia'a uncle. He talked about the Meeker's (Ezra and Eliza).
When Ezra was about 5-8 he moved to Indiana because his parents wanted a better farm. He married the girl next door her name was Eliza James. One time there was the worst winter there ever was in 1851 and they were stuck between it all! So they went on the Oregon Trail to Oregon. Marian their first son went on the trip when he was not more than 7 weeks old! So they had to put him in a basket and tied him to two other baskets of bread and other stuff in the back. But then he (Ezra) ended up looking for a farm in Pualipe! They all met up on the farm Jacob (Ezra's father),Oliver (Ezra's brother) and of course Eliza. After that they all started a store in Stilcome. One time they sent Oliver to San Francisco (California) go get a bunch of food for them and the store. But when he came home there was a storm and the boat sank down so did Oliver and all their savings! That's why they named their youngest daughter Olive (to rember him). After they got 87 dollars selling hops they got more acres and was making about 15,000 a year ever since Europe didn't grow any hops and wanted Beer (not the kind that we have today but it used to be nutricise and was like a liquedy bread. Beer was very important then because the water was bad an germy and lots of people even died from it! When he was grown about 40-50 he lived in a cabin and one time he took Eliza to Queen Victoria! When they got back she said as they opened the door "I want a new house" "Huh" he said back "Yeah I want a better house." Then they moved to a mansion that Eliza built herself. Today it's still here you should go visit it sometime soon. Well gotta go bye.

Posted by Rachel