The National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry is a fraternal organization of farmers, by farmers and for farmers that provided for "the intellectual, social and financial improvement of the farmer and his family". Granges provided information on sound farming practices, banded together to lower exorbitant freight rates on railroads, and campaigned for Rural Free Delivery of mail.
The first Grange in Maine was founded in 1873. By the early 1900's there were over 500. Today that number has dwindled to around 150. Jeff Kirlin over at The Thing of the Moment and I have vowed to get photos of all the remaining Granges in Maine this summer! (Right Jeff?).
So without further ado (or explanation) here are 12 Granges:
Readfield Grange
Leeds Grange
Richville Grange
West Baldwin Grange
North Jay Grange
Starling Grange, North Fayette
Sidney Grange
Enterprise Grange, Richmond
Wales Grange
Winthrop Grange
Manchester Grange
Androscoggin Grange, Greene
5 comments:
One of the earliest Grange Rules was: Never HDR a Grange. I read it in Grange Rules: 1902.
I suppose TtV'ing them is okay?
What, no Augusta grange? Which I only know about because they had some yard sale when there was similar over at St. Paul's, and I got a WHOLE BOX OF KNITTING BOOKS (all nearly brand new) for cheap.
I suppose someone's gotta dress Kirlin and take him out. Might as well be you! :-)
Hey Kirlin...so far Bill is kicking your Grange Hall butt. You'd better get posting.
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