Description: North Portland Odd Fellows, Oregon, Images of America, Paperback The Odd Fellows of North Portland were ordinary blue-collar workers who were able to have an extraordinary impact on their community through the tools they learned from organizing as a lodge. Lodges were a safety net for these workers, as they were one of the only sources at that time for insurance and sick pay. William Killingsworth, a charter member of Peninsula Lodge and whom Killingsworth Street is named after, believed this to be true, so he formed an investment company that began connecting the other North Portland communities via rails. As these communities were connected, Odd Fellows lodges sprang up. First was Peninsula Lodge No. 128. Then there were Woodlawn, Laurel Lodge, and Kenton Lodge, which later became Star Lodge, a lodge for police officers. Over the years, other lodges formed as well. Now, they have all closed except for Peninsula, which thrives because it was able to adapt to a modern approach for operating a lodge. Author David D. Scheer is a fifth-generation Odd Fellow and has been involved in the fraternity for 43 years. Bruce Haney is the author of two other Oregon history books. Many of the photographs come from the archives of the Museum of Odd History as well as the St. Johns Heritage Association and the Odd Fellows Grand Lodge of Oregon.
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MPN: 9781467161329
Book Title: North Portland Odd Fellows
Item Length: 9.2in
Item Height: 0.3in
Item Width: 6.5in
Author: Bruce Haney, David. D. Scheer
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Subjects & Themes / Regional (See Also Travel / Pictorials), Ngos (Non-Governmental Organizations), United States / State & Local / Pacific Northwest (Or, WA)
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Publication Year: 2024
Genre: Photography, History, Political Science
Item Weight: 0.3 Oz
Number of Pages: 128 Pages
