Oliver Perry Meeker Midland History August 28, 2022 228During the winter of 1851 near Indianapolis, twenty-four-year-old Oliver Perry Meeker and a group of friends and neighbors were making...
Ezra Meeker’s Biggest Blunder Midland History January 21, 2022 163In 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.
Donation Land Claim Act of 1850 Midland History March 17, 2021 186An Act to create the Office of Surveyor-General of the Public Lands in Oregon, and to provide for the Survey,...
Olympic Land Company Midland History September 11, 2018 299The Olympic Land, Loan, and Trust Company was incorporated on October 29, 1889 by George W. McAllister, president, Frank O....
Midland’s Fire Station #63 Midland History April 25, 2018 380In early 1942, community leaders of Midland came up with a very novel idea of how to put together a...
