. Early history of Thurston County, Washington : together with biographies and reminiscences of those identified with pioneer days . ns, Junior Warden. The second meeting of the Lodge was held December At this meeting a petition for the degrees was receivedfor the degrees from B. F. Yantis, one of the earliest and mostrespected pioneers of the Territory. At a subsequnt meeting,B. F. Yantis was the first to receive the three degrees in thislodge. B. P. Shaw, of Vancouver, having received the pre-ceding degrees, received the Master ^Masons degree the sameevening as IMr. Yantis. Olympia
. Early history of Thurston County, Washington : together with biographies and reminiscences of those identified with pioneer days . ns, Junior Warden. The second meeting of the Lodge was held December At this meeting a petition for the degrees was receivedfor the degrees from B. F. Yantis, one of the earliest and mostrespected pioneers of the Territory. At a subsequnt meeting,B. F. Yantis was the first to receive the three degrees in thislodge. B. P. Shaw, of Vancouver, having received the pre-ceding degrees, received the Master ^Masons degree the sameevening as IMr. Yantis. Olympia Lodge Avas chartered by the Grand Lodge ofOregon, June 15, 1853 and was numbered 5. Upon the organ-ization of the Grand Lodge of Washington, December 8, Lodge became No. 1 under the new jurisdiction. Another pioneer fraternal society is Olympia Lodge No. 1,I. 0. 0. F. This lodge was organized under a charter dated April ], by the Supreme Lodge I. 0. 0. F. of the United StatesThe following Avere named on the charter list: C. C. L. Head, James C. Head, Daniel Kiser, Cyril Ward. o ro >in o o >r. DEDICATION It would, perhaps, have been more appropriate to havededicated this little volume to the brave and sturdy Pioneers, whose life stories I have striven to set forthin their own language wherever possible, and such, indeed, wasimy intention at the beginning of this work, but as time wenton and I grew to realize the trials, hardships and privation!-,which were the lot of the women who crossed the Old OregonTrail in the middle of the last century, I became more andmore impressed with the magnificent courage displayed h\one w^ho has ever been the guiding star of my life. Surel^making this arduous trip not once, but three times, entitlesher to an honorable place among the pioneers of whateveisection. She started from a home of comparative wealth and eastin ^Minnesota w^hile still in the freshness of her youth with heihusband and two s
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