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Independence Rock Masonic Rite on Fourth of July 1862
The article recalls a 1862 Independence Rock gathering near Casper Wyoming where Master Masons held Wyoming’s first formal lodge meeting on the summit. It notes a storm, a tin can jewels ritual, and the Bible donation, plus later plans for a 1920 ceremony with hundreds of Masons and a dedication tablet.
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Independence Rock
Natrona County
Casper
Desert
The
Rock
Wyoming
Asa L. Brown
Washington Territory
Edgar P. Snow
Territory
Kennedy
Oskaloona
Inn
Independence Lodge
No. 1
Mra. Jannette Parkhurat
R. P. Parkhurat
Edwin Bruce
Mr. Brown
Platte. Ville
Win
Gus Lankin
Lankin
Tom Sun
Rawlins Lodge
James Rankin
Rawle Lodge
Cheyenne
Brown
Washington
Mascale Grand Ludge
Eir
Oxeph M. Lowndes
Lander
Grand Langé
Masonic Grand Lodge
Messrs
A. J. Mokler
Ju. A. Reed
J. J. Sven
Sweetwater
Vicinasa
Sekai
I Willian A. Riner
Charvene
Laramie
Rawlins
Rhoshoni
Thermopolia
Emigrant Gap
Polson Spider
Polson Spring Creek
Gen. Chittenden
Iberia
Independence
Fort Vancouver
Pather de Smet
Belgium
Trafic
William A. Riner
Daughters of the American Revolution
Platte River
Union
Fort Caspar
Caspar Collins
North Platte
Robert Stuart
Stuart