An only child, Meacham spent his high school years living with his grandfather, Judge Ellis K. Meacham.
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It was in present-day northeast Oregon near the future Umatilla Indian Reservation in present-day Meacham.
In 1875 he met with Alfred B. Meacham, a member of the peace commission to end the Modoc War, and members of the Modoc people, including Toby Riddle and Frank Riddle, who were on a national lecture tour.
It was later arranged for Glenn Miller's swing band by Jerry Gray, and was also arranged by composer Morton Gould.