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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