GOLD HILL, COLORADO
Rocky Mountain Lodge No.3 at Gold Hill, a few miles from Boulder, received its dispensation from the Grand Lodge of Nebraska May 21st, 1861 and its charter June 5th, 1861.
It was one of the lodges which formed the Grand Lodge of Colorado on August 2nd, 1861. One of its members, John M. Chivington, became first Grand Master of Masons of Colorado.
Other original Grand Lodge officers from this lodge included J. M. Hart, Junior Grand Warden; C. F. Holly, Grand Orator; C. W. Smith, Junior Grand Deacon; E. S. Glotfelder, Grand Steward.
The shallow deposits on Gold Hill were soon exhausted so the lodge was very short-lived.
The Grand Lodge of Colorado through the efforts of M. W. Bro. William R. Arthur, Past Grand Master, obtained title to the mining claim upon which the original lodge home was erected. A monument was erected in 1957 and in 1961 Grand Lodge started what is expected to be a series of annual visitations to this shrine.
