Hiram Lodge #25 Free and Accepted Masons

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Hiram Lodge #25 Free and Accepted Masons El Dorado, meaning “The Gilded One”, was first known as Mud Springs from the
boggy quagmire the cattle and horses made of a nearby watering place.

Originally a important camp along the old Carson Emigrant Trail, by 1849 – 50 it
had become the center of a mining district and the crossroads for freight and stage
lines. At the height of the Gold Rush its large gold production supported a
population of several thousand. A Trading post, emigrant stop, and mining camp of
the 1850’s, this became one of the remount stations of the Central Overland Pony
Express. Here at the Nevada House on April 13, 1860, pony rider William (Sam)
Hamilton changed horses while carrying the first west-bound mail of the Pony
Express from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California

Hiram Lodge No.43: Free and Accepted Masons, was chartered in the town of
Mud Springs, as it was then called, on May 16, 1854. The Lodge met in rented
buildings until the completion of this brick edifice in 1862. Through a series of
consolidations with other area lodges, our Lodge is now known as Hiram Lodge
No. 25.

Thank you to Amy Bruni and Adam Berry for a great ghost hunt at Hiram Lodge No. 25 F&AM! Can't wait to see what they fou...
05/30/2026

Thank you to Amy Bruni and Adam Berry for a great ghost hunt at Hiram Lodge No. 25 F&AM! Can't wait to see what they found in our building that was built in 1861. Looking forward to the show.

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6201 Pleasant Valley Road
El Dorado, CA
95623

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