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Eliza Jane Meeker would reside in the Meeker Mansion, taking in boarders, selling bulbs, and testing out drying processes for shipment up to the Dawson City store until Ezra's return in 1901. The property would go up for sale in 1903, but remained the Meekers' home until 1905 when they moved to Seattle to live with their daughter Caroline Osborne.
That property was sold by Eliza Jane Meeker to her daughter Caroline and son-in-law Eben Osborne for $10,000 in mid-1901 (about $290,000 in 2023) and later that year both Ezra and Eliza Jane executed documents stating that the house had been her separate property, paid for with funds not deriving from Ezra.
Ezra Meeker Mansion in 2015. The Ezra Meeker Mansion, an Italianate Victorian structure completed around 1890, was the residence of Oregon Trail pioneer Ezra Meeker and his wife, Eliza Jane. Meeker, known as the "Hop King," lost his wealth due to a disease that affected the hops industry.
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