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Muscatine County Iowa
1911
| History of Muscatine County Iowa 1911 | |
Source: History of Muscatine County Iowa, Volume I, 1911, page 430
MUSQUITINE TRIBE, NO. 95, INDEPENDENT ORDER RED MEN. The Musquitine Tribe of Red Men was granted a charter November 28, 1898, with the following initial members: Frank A. Johnson, Dennis O'Leary, J. J. Felger, D. Klosterman, E. G. O'Brien, J. Pfieffer, George Schmidt, John Gorman, Herman Tadewald, J. Weiss, W. H. Schneider, Fred Dilchert, D. Dale, George Volger, H. Haifleigh, John Rowan, John Neibert, J. A. Tracy, Edward Hagerman, H. C. Eierman, Scott Middleton, W. H. Kindler, F. T. Dolsen, Phil J. Mackey, W. D. Hine, James Wier.
The tribe has gained rapidly in membership, has at present almost 600 and to its credit are given thirteen past sachems. No fraternal order surpasses the Red Men in the handsome manner it does things when entertaining. During the life of the lodge it has given enjoyment to vast throngs of people and to immense Fourth of July celebrations at Weed Park, the Street Carnival and many social events. In 1907 E. G. O'Brien, one of the charter members, was honored at the state convention with the office of great sachem.
Ramona Council, No. 52, Degree of Pocahontas, was organized by E. G. O'Brien and instituted by Mrs. Kate Bronson, of Des Moines, April 20, 1906, with sixty charter members. At this time (1911) it has about 140 members.
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