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Eliza Jane Meeker Day

Saturday, May 17th  |  Noon to 4:00pm

 Regular Tour Admission includes:

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Used Book Sale

hosted by the Eliza Jane Meeker DAR Chapter

used books $1.00 each

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Flower Show Display

hosted by Hill & Dale Garden Club

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Suffragette Exhibit

featuring Eliza Jane Meeker

and her local role as a women's leader

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Complimentary lemonade & tea cookies

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CHAMPAGNE & CHARCUTERIE EVENT ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED HAS BEEN CANCELLED

New Event in 2025

Join us for a fun afternoon of Eliza Jane's favorite things at Meeker Mansion.

Stroll through Eliza Jane's dream mansion as you sip a complimentary glass of lemonade. 

 

Bring your mom and sisters, or schedule a

girl's day out while enjoying a flower show, a used book sale

and a suffragette exhibit in the Mansion.

This first time event was created to honor Eliza Jane, a wonderful hostess in her role as 1st lady of Puyallup when husband, Ezra, was elected our first city Mayor.  

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Eliza Jane was passionate about

literacy and enthusiastically created

Puyallup's first Library.

She loved to grow flowers and vegetables.

She believed women should be able to vote and was a leader of the Puyallup chapter of suffragettes. So for this special new event at Meeker Mansion, our volunteer docents and servers will be dressed as suffragettes in honor of her leadership.

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Eliza Jane was a woman of substance and integrity. 

Ezra considered her an equal partner who

supported him on his trek over the Oregon Trail,

various business endeavors, including brokering

hops for the Puyallup Valley farmers,

and his business in the Yukon during the gold rush.

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Join us as we celebrate Eliza Jane Meeker as a

wonderful wife, mother, sister and community leader.

You'll be glad you did!​​​​​​​​​​

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