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Thread #120997 Message #2638099
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
21-May-09 - 08:54 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: The Party at Odd Fellows Hall
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Oddfellows Hall
The Grand lodge of California was instituted in 1853, by 1856 there were 60 Odd fellows Lodges in California.
California No. 1, San Francisco, 1849
http://mill-valley.freemasonry.biz/marin-fraternities-Appendix09.htm
TJ, don't know of any IOOF songs of the Gold Rush days, but I would bet that some were penned.
There is a volume of IOOF songs referred to in a couple of articles, but I haven't located a copy yet.