Saint Vrain Masonic Lodge #23 A.F & A.M. Longmont Colorado
Saint Vrain Masonic Lodge #23
DENVER, COLORADO The first recorded informal meeting of Masons in what is now Colorado was held on November 3, 1858 and was attended by 7 men. This group included Henry Allen, Charles Blake and Andrew Sagendorf, who became Masters of Auraria Lodge U. D., J. D. Ramage, the first Junior Deacon of that lodge, and …
NEVADAVILLE, COLORADO Nevada Lodge U. D. was instituted on December 22, 1860 by the Grand Lodge of Kansas and was also chartered by same. At the Decembcr 1861 Grand Lodge of Colorado Communication a Colorado Charter was given in place of the Kansas Charter. The following served as Officers under dispensation; Worshipful. Master Andrew Mason; …
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 …
PARKVILLE, COLORADO Summit Lodge No.2 was one of the lodges which formed the Grand Lodge of Colorado. It had been chartered originally by the Grand Lodge of Nebraska June 5th, 1861 as No.8 in that jurisdiction. It furnished five of the first Grand Officers when the Grand Lodge of Colorado was organized August 2nd, 1861. …
GOLDEN, COLORADO Late in the year 1858, George A. Jackson with Tom Golden established winter quarters at the base of the mountains near Clear Creek. During the following winter more prospectors moved into this location and thus started the settlement which developed into the Town of Golden. In this group of men there were some …