Odd Fellows Hall Association of Sacramento - 1867 dated Stock Certificate

Stock with small flag vignette at bottom. Crocker’s Print, Sacramento. 25 cents Washington revenue stamp on back (shown). Available unissued for $45. A scarce and popular state! Rare Topic!

Odd Fellowship played a very important part in establishing the State of California. Law and Order was established by our Order in many localities. Odd Fellow Lodges were the first organizations of any type in many California cities and a large number of our lodges have completed their first 100 years of service. The famed Stanford University was originally slated to become an Odd Fellow's institution, but our Grand Lodge turned down the offer of $20,000 from then Governor Leland Stanford to establish an Odd Fellows University as a memorial to his son. The first hospital in California was jointly sponsored by the Odd Fellows and the Free & Accepted Masons of Sacramento; and the first 3-story brick building in the State is the old Odd Fellows Hall at Mokelumne Hill, California.