First known as Lee’s Encampment, from establishment of a Troop Camp by Major H.A.G. Lee in 1844. A.B. and Harvey Meacham operated famous “Mountain House” here which gave the town its present name. In later years a famous railroad eating house. “The Log Cabin,” became nationally known under the supervision of Grandma Munra, a well-known pioneer figure.

On July 3, 1923, reporters noted Meacham was capitol of the U.S. for a day when President Harding stopped and participated in the exercises commemorating the Eightieth Anniversary of the Covered Wagon Migration 1843.

Location: On Old Hwy 30 off I-84

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