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Lodge 266, Jersey City, New Jersey Lodge 168, Brooklyn, New York Pittsburgh Moose Convention, Toledo, Ohio. The Moose Fraternity (formerly The Loyal Order of Moose) [4] is a fraternal and service organization founded in 1888 and headquartered in Mooseheart, Illinois.
The Greenfield Hill Grange #133 is a historic grange hall at 1873 Hillside Road in Fairfield, Connecticut. Built in 1897, it is one of a few documented examples of high-quality architecture built specifically for a grange chapter in the state. The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008. [1]
The WOTM originated as the Women of Mooseheart Legion in 1913. In the early years the group had little structure above the Chapter level. In 1926, Katherine Smith, the Director of Public Employment in the Department of Labor under James J. Davis, was appointed the first "Grand Chancellor" of the Women of the Moose.
More complete lists of Grange buildings, historic or otherwise, in any particular area, can be derived using the National Grange's Find a Grange page. For one state, "in 1870, the Vermont State Grange was organized at the Union Schoolhouse in St. Johnsbury. By 1872 there were twelve subordinate granges throughout the State.
Old Greenwich is a coastal village in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. [2] [3] As of the 2010 census it had a population of 6,611.[4]The town of Greenwich is one political and taxing body, but consists of several distinct sections or neighborhoods, such as Byram, Cos Cob, Glenville, Mianus, Old Greenwich, Riverside, and Greenwich (sometimes referred to as central, or downtown ...
Granby was founded by people who lived in Simsbury and settled as early as 1723. Granby was part of Simsbury until 1786, when it became independent. [2] The name is from Granby, Massachusetts in return, where it was named in honor of John Manners, Marquess of Granby.
An inventory of the town's taxable assets in the following year, 1808, provides a snapshot of the town's economic profile. The town was still predominantly devoted to agriculture. 53 percent of the town's area was given over to cultivation or pasture, the remainder being taken up by wooded land, much of it in rocky outcrops or in swamps.
The Grange Hall in the Cannondale section of the town of Wilton, Connecticut is a historic Grange building, and is home of the Cannon Grange. The building was built in 1899 as a community center. It was acquired by the Grange organization in 1933. [2] [3]