EADS, COLORADO
During the year 1911 a group of Masons from various lodges and states in the Union, who were farmers, businessmen, ranchers and homesteaders in Kiowa County, gathered at Eads and decided to form a Masonic lodge.
Their petition was answered by a dispensation issued on March 12, 1912 by M. W. Bro. H. W. Woodward. The charter was granted on September 17, 1912 and the lodge was duly constituted November 23, 1912 by the Most Worshipful Grand Master of Masons in Colorado. After the close of the Grand Lodge all members present repaired to the banquet room for refreshments which were served by the mothers, wives and daughters of the members of the new lodge.
The first stated communication was held Saturday evening, December 14, 1912 and the membership has steadily increased ever since that time, except for the period between 1928 and 1938 during which there was no work recorded because of the depression. Several of the Past .Masters were reelected to the office the second time.
As of November 30,1960, the lodge had a membership of 129.
