Saint Vrain Masonic Lodge #23 A.F & A.M. Longmont Colorado
Saint Vrain Masonic Lodge #23
BUENA VISTA, COLORADO In the fall of 1881 several prominent men of Buena Vista and the immediate area began to talk in separate groups of two or more about organizing a lodge of Free and Accepted Masons in Buena Vista. A tentative survey was made by interested persons and it was determined that there were …
GEORGETOWN, COLORADO This Lodge was granted dispensation November 26, 1881 and chartered September 20, 1882, worked a few years and then consolidated with Washington Lodge No. 12. Washington kept the No. 12 and the name Georgetown was used, making the lodge, Georgetown Lodge No. 12. (See No. 12’s History.) Source: Grand Lodge of Colorado A.F. …
BRECKENRIDGE, COLORADO Breckenridge Lodge was granted a special dispensation by the Grand Lodge of Colorado, Aug. 27, 1881, with Worshipful Brother John Boylan acting as Worshipful Master. On Sept. 20, 1882 it was chartered with John Boylan as Worshipful Master, W. F. Eberline as Senior Warden, C. H. Blair as Junior Warden; L. B. Smart, …
DURANGO. COLORADO The town of Durango was platted and laid out in the year of 1880. On a day in early spring 1881, Captain William C. Davidson chanced into conversation with two men, Charles M. Hilliker and John C. Miles. It became apparent during this conversation that each was a member of the Craft, whereupon …
BOULDER, COLORADO The population of Boulder mushroomed from 363 in 1868 to 3,063 in 1880. And just twelve years and seven months after Columbia No. 14 moved to Boulder, twenty Master Masons petitioned for a new lodge.