Since I am repository of a variety items, lately I have been rummaging through the local Clampers file, i.e. the Neversweats Chapter #1863, E Clampus Vitus. In 1990, they proposed to place a plaque at the Susanville Oddfellows Building located at 701 Main Street. For whatever reasons it did not happen. However, they submitted price quote for the cost of a bronze plaque with the following wording:
”Organized in 1879, the Silver Star Lodge No. 135 of the Independent Order of Oddfellows, is one of Susanville’s oldest fraternal organizations. In that same year, the lodge purchased this property for $4,000. This structure built in 1896 was the first two-story red brick building constructed in Susanville. C.E. Clough, Architect & Contractor, Reno, Nevada.”
The proposed plaque had a dedication date of August 4, 1990. Fast forward to 2023, the local Oddfellows organization disbanded years ago. If any one happens to know what year it folded, let me know, so I can do an update. It should be duly the local Clampers chapter went by the wayside a long time ago.
Tim
Interesting! My great grandfather Morgan Williams was buried in the Oddfellows cemetery in S.F. (moved to Colma later). So i assume he was a member when he lived in Susanville. I signed up for your blog when i came across a letter you wrote me in 1980, about the Williams family. My grandfather, George Morgan Williams, was born at Mountain Meadow according to his birth certificate. I have also come across references to a place called (I think) Leasburg? Have you ever heard of it? I think i found it on a map once, between Susanville and the Central Valley, on some old stage line road? I enjoy all your writings!
george lindholdt