MTIdaho
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IDAHO LODGE
Dispensation Date: 11/17/1863 (Grand Lodge of Nebraska)
Charter Date: never chartered
Location: Nevada City
Status: unknown
HISTORICAL INFORMATION
The first lodge to operate under legal authority in what is now Montana was at Nevada City located about one mile below Virginia City on Alder Gulch. On November 17, 1863 the Grand Lodge of Nebraska granted a dispensation for Idaho Lodge U. D., at Nevada City, Idaho Territory. This lodge holds the distinction of raising the very first Master Mason in Montana. The first Mason raised was Jeremiah G. Smith on April 23, 1864. The Lodge gave up its Charter sometime between April and October of 1864.