City: La Grange
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Lafayette Lodge #65 was established in 1857 in the Gold Rush era town of La Grange, settled by French prospectors in 1848, on the banks of the Tuolumne River. Our IOOF Hall, built in 1881, is listed on the National Register. Early La Grange history included all types of Gold mining, from panning, sluicing, hard-rock mining, destructive hydraulic mining to mighty mechanized gold dredging. La Grange is also the site of the earliest California irrigation system, with the diversion of the La Grange ...
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California
Meeting DateSecond Sunday, 1 PM after our monthly fundraiser breakf...
Lodge TypeOdd Fellows
Fun Facts:Canada’s first Prime Minister, John A. Macdonald, was an Odd Fellow, linking the order to the founding of a nation. His membership highlights the IOOF’s international influence beyond the U.S.
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