Meacham-Union County, Oregon
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TheBeanTeam
N 45° 30.560 W 118° 25.319
11T E 388923 N 5040516
Meacham Oregon is a small railroad town in the Blue Mountains of Eastern Oregon. Located in Union County it is mentioned in the American Guide Series book entitled "Oregon: The End of the Trail".
Waymark Code: WM1PY6
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 06/19/2007
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"MEACHAM, 156.9 m. (3,681 alt., 70 pop.), was named for Col. A. B. Meacham, a member of the Modoc Peace Commission, who established the Blue Mountain Tavern at this point in 1863, just Outside the borders of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. In the early 1800s the site of Meacham was platted and given the Biblical appellation of Jerusalem with a pretentious plaza in the center known as Solomon Square. But the dreams of the new Jerusalem soon abated and the little mountain village reverted to the old name of Meacham." Oregon: The End of the Trail
Excerpt obtained from the Oregon State Archives Exhibit: A 1940 Journey Across Oregon
Meacham Oregon today is a sleepy hamlet that has just two small stores, a few homes, and railroad and highway maintenance buildings. The "pretentious plaza" seems to have been lost to the ages. Meacham is one of the coldest spots in the lower 48 recording a temperature of 52 degrees below zero in 1933.