There was an IOOF Lodge in Palisade: some people in the settlement of Palisade were anxious for government services.
The Independent Order of Odd Fellows
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_Order_of_Odd_Fellows
Purple Fez wearing homespun social services network. Odd, as in “Occupations not covered by a guild, such as Masons”
On September 20, 1851, The Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) became the first national fraternity to accept both men and women when it formed the Daughters of Rebekah. Schuyler Colfax, (Vice President of the United States (1869โ1873) under President Ulysses S. Grant), was the force behind the movement. Though the term sorority was not yet coined in this year, it may be considered that the Rebekahs is the first and oldest sorority in the world. Both the Odd Fellows and Rebekahs have higher branches known as Encampments and Patriarchs Militant.
The American Civil War (1861โ1865) shattered the IOOF in America; membership decreased and many lodges were unable to continue their work, especially in the southern States.[33] After the Civil War, with the beginning of industrialization, the deteriorating social circumstances brought large numbers of people to the IOOF and the lodges rallied.
From 1860 to 1910/1920, also known as the “Golden Age of Fraternalism” in America, the Odd Fellows became the largest among all fraternal organizations, (at the time, even larger than freemasonry). By 1889, the IOOF had lodges in every American state.
In 1896, the World Almanac showed the Odd Fellows as the largest among all fraternal organizations The Order had also spread to most of the rest of the world, establishing lodges in the Americas, Australasia, and Europe. The peak of membership was probably in 1915 when the IOOF had 3.4 million active members.
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Largely, these Guilds were Unions and the reason they took off so quickly following the Civil War was because this time was the rise of the Robber Baron, oppressing workers.
Sam became a Union sympathizer and was accused of radicalism and socialism.ย http://www.marxists.de/culture/twain/noteach.htm