LODGE DIRECTORY

City: La Grange

30018 Yosemite Blvd., , , , 95329

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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Fun Facts:
IOOF lodges use “tracing boards,” illustrated charts with symbols like the heart-in-hand and skull, to teach moral lessons during rituals, helping members visualize the order’s values of sincerity and justice.

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