Early history of Thurston County, Washington : together with biographies and reminiscences of those identified with pioneer days . en. The second meeting of the Lodge was held December 18,,1852. 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 F. Yantis was the first to receive the three degrees in thislodge. B. F. Shaw, of Vancouver, having received the pre-ceding degrees, received the Master Masons degree the sameevening as Mr. Yantis. Olympia Lodge was chartere
Early history of Thurston County, Washington : together with biographies and reminiscences of those identified with pioneer days . en. The second meeting of the Lodge was held December 18,,1852. 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 F. Yantis was the first to receive the three degrees in thislodge. B. F. Shaw, of Vancouver, having received the pre-ceding degrees, received the Master Masons degree the sameevening as Mr. Yantis. Olympia Lodge was chartered by the Grand Lodge ofOregon, June 15, 1853 and was numbered 5. L^pon the organ-ization of the Grand Lodge of Washington, December 8, 1858,Olympia Lodge became Xo. 1 under the new jurisdiction. Another pioneer fraternal society is Olympia Lodge Xo. 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 following were named on the charter list: C. C. L. Head. James C. Head, Daniel Kiser, Cvril Ward. AHYHRIl OnPfNi SHU A ^y^^-dK nt:. I ^ DEDICATION It would, perhaps, have been more appropriate to havtdedicated this little volume to the brave and sturdy ThurstonCounty Pioneers, whose life stories I have striven to set forthin their own language wherever possible, and such, indeed, wa^my intention at the beginning of this work, but as time wenton and I grew to realize the trials, hardships and privationswhich 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 b\one who has ever been the guiding star of my life. Sureljmaking 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 while still in the freshness of her youth with heihusband and two small ch
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