Big Oak Flat in Tuolumne County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

Joseph E. Lemos

1892 – 1961

Photographed by Syd Whittle, October 16, 2006

1. Joseph E. Lemos Marker

Inscription. Initiated Ione Lodge 51 & Ione Rebeka Lodge 270 – 1931 Transferred Yosemite Lodge 97 – 1941 Big Oak Rebeka Lodge 259 – 1947 District Deputy Grand Master 1943 & 1958 District Deputy Grand Marshall 1948 & 1953 Appointed Grand Herald of Grand Lodge 1947 Appointed to Grand Lodge Youth Committee 1941 & 1961 Past Chief Patriarch Amador Emcampment No.17 Transferred Bald Mountain Encampment No.4 Sonora -1944 Captain (R) Sacramento Canton No.1 Instituted Yosemite Lodge No.34 – 1944 Columbia Lodge No.75 – 1948 Sonora Lodge No. 84 – 1949 In recognition of thirty years of dedication to Odd Fellowship and service to the youth of the state by the many friends and members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows – 1965

Erected 1965 by Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Charity & Public Work • Fraternal or Sororal Organizations. A significant historical year for this entry is 1931.

Location. 37° 49.413′ N, 120° 15.478′ W. Marker is in Big Oak Flat, California, in Tuolumne County. It is on State Highway 120,

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on the left when traveling east. Marker is located at the I.O.O.F Hall Building. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 17640 Highway 120, Big Oak Flat CA 95305, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in California’s Sierra Nevada.

It is also in the American Mountain West.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Ring of Fire,

on the Pacific Rim,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain

and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Big Oak Flat (approx. 0.2 miles away); Groveland (approx. 1.9 miles away); Iron Door Saloon (approx. 1.9 miles away); Groveland Hotel (approx. 1.9 miles away); Arrastra (approx. 2.1 miles away); MCH History (approx. 2.9 miles away); Second Garrote (approx. 3.4 miles away); Ferretti Shrine (approx. 3.4 miles away).

Also see . . . Malakoff - Big Oak Flat I.O.O.F Hall. California Gold Country website entry (Submitted on December 8, 2008, by Syd Whittle of Mesa, Arizona.)

I.O.O.F Hall and the Joseph E. Lemos Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Syd Whittle, October 16, 2006

2. I.O.O.F Hall and the Joseph E. Lemos Marker

Looking Northwest

Photographed by Syd Whittle, October 16, 2006

3. I.O.O.F Hall and the Joseph E. Lemos Marker

Looking East

I.O.O.F. Hall image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Syd Whittle, October 16, 2006

4. I.O.O.F. Hall

Photographed by Unknown

5. Joseph E. Lemos Marker

Photo from the V. Covert Martin Collection - Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
HABS CAL,55-BOF,1-
Note that building in this photo is only one-story.

Credits. This page was last revised on May 12, 2021. It was originally submitted on December 8, 2008, by Syd Whittle of Mesa, Arizona. This page has been viewed 1,950 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on December 8, 2008, by Syd Whittle of Mesa, Arizona. 5. submitted on April 10, 2009, by Syd Whittle of Mesa, Arizona.