Winnemucca # 19

Winnemucca began its life in 1850, as a stopping and watering point on the Overland Trail to Oregon and California, at a point on the Humboldt River called "Great Bend, later called "French Ford", and later named "Winnemucca", which is Pahute Indian for "Place by the River".

Formal Freemasonry came late to Winnemucca, with a Lodge being formed about 25 years after the area was settled - but there was much informal discussion about the Craft, and brotherly fraternalism, in the years preceeding the founding of the Lodge.

Winnemucca is now a traveler's waypoint on Interstate 80 between Reno and Salt Lake City, as well as serving as the commercial hub for the surrounding mining, ranching and agricultural area.

The Hall of Winnemucca #19

Winnemucca #19 Cornerstone

Winnemucca #19 Centennial Plaque

(Photos copyright 1995/1999 by Ed Greenberg, used by permission)

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