Saint Vrain Masonic Lodge #23 A.F & A.M. Longmont Colorado
Saint Vrain Masonic Lodge #23
Long ago Tacitus remarked that the principal office of history is to prevent virtuous actions from being forgotten. This volume has been assembled to preserve some of the romance of the founding of Masonry in Colorado – of the organization and development of its Grand Lodge and constituent Lodges during its first century.
LEON H. SNYDEH, EI Paso No. 13, Colorado Springs – Grand Master ELLIS LATIMER, Mount Lamborn No. 102, Hotchkiss – Deputy Grand Master CLARENCE L. BARTHOLIC, Highlands No. 86, Denver – Senior Grand Warden CHARLES L. THOMSON, Salida No .57, Salida – Junior Grand Warden THOMAS F. VARDIE, Palestine No. 151, Denver – Grand …
To the courageous spirit of “The Original Seven” and the other pioneers who established Masonic principles in the Rocky Mountain area, this voLume is gratefully dedicated.
Late in the year 1858 a number of gold-seekers had gathered at the junction of Cherry Creek and the Platte River, on land which was then a part of the Territory of Kansas, but which now is within the State of Colorado. This settlement was known as Auraria, and by the first of November a …
When a man becomes a Mason, he receives his first (Entered Apprentice), second (Fellowcraft), and third (Master) degrees in what is called the “Blue Lodge.” It is well known within the Fraternity that the Master Mason is the highest honor bestowed on a Mason. There are appendant bodies of Freemasonry that the Master Mason can …
