Las Palmas-Ponderosa Lodge No. 366
Free and Accepted Masons
Our Beginnings
On December 7, 1904 Fifteen Masons Met at the Home of James C. Pottle.
After Mr. Pottle's family was sent upstairs and the parlor was secure, the meeting started with Mr. Pottle being selected as the chairman.
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Our Original Petition to the Grand Master in California
page 1
The Receipt From Grand Lodge
Our Original Petition to the Grand Master in California
page 2
Certificate Showing Officers Are Qualified
Pottle Home and Parlor
1526 K Street (now Van Ness)
Minutes of first meeting, December 7, 1904
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John Simeon Jones
Charter Member
Alexander M. Drew
Charter Member
Raymond Waldo Baker
Secretary 1909 - 1935
For a history of Free Masonry in the City of Fresno
