This biography chronicles life and impact of Ezra Meeker, a mid-19th century hops farmer in the Washington Territory’s Puyallup Valley. There is much information on the collaboration between his compa
Ezra Meeker braved the Oregon Trail in 1852, eventually becoming a hop farmer and broker. He platted the town of Puyallup, Washington and served as its first mayor. By the 1880s he had built a fortune
