ARIZONA LODGE #1
Arizona Odd Fellow Lodge #1 was instituted in Prescott, Yavapai County,
Arizona Territory on the 13th day of July, 1868.
Prescott, Arizona was founded in 1864 at the behest of Congress and
President Abraham Lincoln in an effort to secure the area's mineral riches
for the Union forces during the Civil War, the town was named for historian
William Hickling Prescott by the settlers and became the first capital of
the territory.
In 1887 Edward J. Cook met with 5 other men
who were also Odd Fellows and decided they needed a lodge of their own in
Prescott. Cook volunteered to make the long trip from Prescott to San
Francisco to the Grand Lodge of California to apply for a charter. Imagine
the long journey across the desert, no roads or trails and in the desert heat by
stage, horse and foot. Arizona #1 was the first odd fellow lodge in the
territory.
After meeting in several buildings in 1902 they broke ground on their own
building and established the Odd Fellow Cemetery.
Today they have sold the old building and
moved to 8690 E.Loos Drive, Prescott Valley.
Meetings are the 2nd 4th
Tuesday at 6:30pm of each month. Dark for July and August.
2026
Annual Sessions - Prescott
Sovereign Grand Master Ron Hanson
Annual PicNic @ Campground
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