Originally published to facebook.com/NorthPlattePL on September 30, 2022. Welcome back to our Facebook Friday history Today we salute a very early railroad man and telegrapher, Platt J. Gilman. Platt came to North Platte when the town was the terminus of the Union Pacific Railroad and was in the process of construction as the first transcontinental […]
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Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF)
Originally published to facebook.com/NorthPlattePL on August 26, 2022. Welcome back to another Facebook Friday History! Today’s Facebook Friday History looks at another fraternal organization, the I.O.O.F., which stands for the Independent Order of Odd Fellows! Never heard of them? Heard of them, but wondered what the heck are these “odd fellows” doing? Well, according to […]
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Originally published to facebook.com/NorthPlattePL on August 12, 2022. Welcome back to another Facebook Friday History! Today’s Facebook Friday History looks at a fraternal organization—The freemasons or the Order of Free and Accepted Masons; specifically, the building where the members met, namely, the Masonic Temple. From Britannica.com: Freemasonry is the teachings and practices of the fraternal […]
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