Meier was a Spirit, Wisconsin, farmer, logger, museum operator, R-H leader, town chairman, Price County Board member, and local historian. Born on December 26, 1902, Meier was a lifelong resident of Spirit (known as Brannan until 1923) in Price County. He and his wife helen raised six children (two adopted). In 1969 Meier arranged the move of the Albin Johnson log house, an 1885 Swedish home, to his property where it served as a museum of documents and artifacts of local farming, logging, and rural life. The house is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
