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This Day in Minnesota History

August 8, 1849

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The Grand Master of the Masonic Lodge in Ohio names Charles K. Smith, a founder of the Minnesota Historical Society, the master for the first Masonic Lodge in Minnesota. An organizational meeting is held on September 8 in the Central House on Bench Street, St. Paul.

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