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Challis to Idaho Falls Odd Fellows Tour Report
A fragmented travelogue describes a Challis to Idaho Falls visit by Odd Fellows delegates in October 1897. It notes the journey by stage, visits to the county courthouse, Insane Asylum, and Odd Fellows Home, plus a grand banquet in Idaho Falls with hundreds of delegates, decorations, and speeches. It mentions local industry, schools, and notable residents, with side items on forthcoming sessions and regional news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blackn & Challis
Blackfoot
Weister
Grove City
Robert J. C. Fox
M. M
Percy Jones
Foot News
Court House
Old Bingham
Inferior
Givens
County
Custer
Idaho
Mary
McFadden
Col. McFadden
John Millick
Wm. Millick
Challis
Ingham Lodge No. 14
Gradel
Boise City
Ada Lodge No. 3
Bidwell House
Masonic
Idaho Falls
Snake River
Grand Lodge
Rebekah State Assembly
Adt
J. C. Fox
Springfield
Ill
Rebekahs
Elmina Fry
Moscow
Carrie Myers
Hoise
Warren
Emily Price
Pocatello
Minnie Priest Dunston
Stolse
Maude White
Kendrick
Odd Fellows
Andy Newman
Armory Hall
E. A. Gibson
The
Idaho Odd Fellow
Kay L. Thompson
Triple Link
D. L. Badley
W. A. Coughonour
H. W. Dunton
A. K. Steunenberg
Wallace
Rebekah Lodge No
Julia
Mabot Fankhouse
Rebekah State
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Charlie Smith
S. Leigh
Clayton
Bancroft
Odd Fellows Orphan Home