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To counteract this and show the Buffaloes were not subversive to the interests of the state, the Order described itself as the "Loyal Order of Buffaloes". The addition of "antediluvian" (meaning before the time of the flood in the Bible and referring to the Order's principles) [16] occurred in the 1850s. Hence the honorifics of "royal" and ...
Order of Daedalians; Order of Druids; Order of Free Gardeners; Order of Heptasophs; Order of Knight-Masons Elect Priests of the Universe; Order of Owls; Order of Railway Conductors; Order of Saint Joachim; Order of the Founders and Patriots of America; Order of the Golden and Rosy Cross; Order of the Indian Wars of the United States; Order of ...
The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks building in downtown Ouray, Colorado The Elks was established by actor Charles Algernon Sidney Vivian in New York City on February 16, 1868. [ 2 ] Vivian was a British expatriate and member of the Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes . [ 2 ]
Created Date: 8/30/2012 4:52:52 PM
The only link to "Buffs" seems to come in a context that suggests that they are using it as a synonym for "aficionado." Maybe we could fix this redirect to something like "Buffs(order)" so there's no confusion and that article has a proper red link (since that article references an etymological origin and thus can't be satisfied by changing the link to "enthusiast" or "aficionado" even if ...
By the end of the 20th century, most fraternities had been wound up except for the Freemasons and a few lodges of the Buffaloes. Many fraternities also offered insurance to their members and as membership declined, these operations were either combined with other non profit insurance companies or sold with the proceeds being distributed to ...
American buffalo or bison. Central to the Grant administration Peace policy was allowing the destruction of the buffalo, the Native food supply, to keep Native peoples dependent on government supplies. In 1872, around two thousand white buffalo hunters working between Kansas, and Arkansas were killing buffalo for their hides by the many thousands.
If you can read cursive, the National Archives would like a word. Or a few million. More than 200 years worth of U.S. documents need transcribing (or at least classifying) and the vast majority ...