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Arizona's first Masonic lodge.

10/20/2026

With 3 weeks to go , we are holding at 26 appointments on 68 available . Here's a sweet deal from Red Cross-As a special benefit, every donor who makes a successful blood donation during the month of November will receive a FREE A1C test from the American Red Cross. November and March are designated as A1C Free Testing Months for all blood donors. Sign up today!

10/19/2026

Fellowcraft degree.

There will be a Fellowcraft degree starting at 6:30 on Tuesday, October 27. This is a great opportunity for our current Fellowcrafts to review the degree that they participated in. There's also a great opportunity to show Aztlan Lodge support for our candidates.

Did you know

Brother Richard Longstreet Tea – Member Aztlan Lodge

Initiated July 10 1890, Passed October 11, 1890 Raised December 11, 1890

Served as Aztlan Lodge as Steward 1892 &1893, Jr Deacon 1893 & 1894, Tyler 1902

Indian Wars Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Served during the Wars with the Plains Indians as a Sergeant in Company H, 6th United States Cavalry. He was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his bravery at Sappa Creek, Kansas on April 23, 1875. His citation reads "With 5 other men he waded in mud and water up the creek to a position directly behind an entrenched Cheyenne position, who were using natural bank pits to good advantage against the main column. This surprise attack from the enemy rear broke their resistance". His Medal was awarded to him on November 16, 1876 -- Buried in Mountain View Cemetery.

While his grave is currently in Mountain View Cemetery, he was originally buried in the Fort Whipple Cemetery, exhumed and relocated to Mountain View. P.G.M Charles Shoup participated in the reburial ceremonies.

10/12/2026

We are about 30 days out from our next Blood Drive on Veteran's Day with 24 of 68 appointments booked. Still plenty of room to pick your preferred time. We are fast approaching our 500th donation with 422 donations to date!.. Look for a special event and recognition for our 500th donor anticipated to occur at our January event- it could be you! - Stay tuned for details!!
As always go to Redcross.org and enter "AZTLAN" in the sponsor code box to book your donation!!

10/11/2026

Did you know

The building in which we are now located was the sixth meeting place for Aztlan Lodge. Here are all of them.

1. The residence of Governor John Goodwin in 1864. There are no specific dates associated with this meeting place.

2. In July 1865 we met in the loft of a log building on the north side of Gurley Street between Cortez and Montezuma, over a saloon owned by Mr. Levi Bashford.

3. Between October 26, 1868, and January 1, 1869, we moved to the second story of a building owned by A.L. “Doc” Moeller, known as the Diana Saloon, on the southwest corner of Gurley and Montezuma Streets, where the St. Michael Hotel now stands.

4. Starting December 27, 1879, in the Goldwater Building at Union and Cortez Streets

5. In the new building at 105 1/2 North Cortez Street, Grand Lodge met there November 17, 1908. The first Aztlan meeting was held November 27, 1908. This is the old downtown building.

6. 1028 Willow Creek Road, our present location. The first meeting was held October 12, 1981.

10/08/2026

Special Breakfast and Presentation

Saturday, October 10th.

Breakfast, 8am

Presentation, 9am

“What happens in Lodge?”

“An introduction to Freemasonry”

While this special presentation is directed at prospects there ladies, Entered Apprentices, and Young Fellowcrafts, Master Masons and their ladies, all brothers and their ladies are encouraged to attend.

RSVPs are encouraged to make sure we have enough food for the breakfast.

If you can't make the breakfast come to the presentation anyway.

10/04/2026

A Bit of History (from the Morris Goldwater History)

1913

• January: Flagstaff Lodge No. 7 by Past Grand Master A. A. Johns presented the Lodge with a handsome ivory gavel. (Ed Note: look at our display cases for the gavel.)

• February: P. G. M. Goldwater, as installing officer, assisted by P. G. M. Fredericks as Marshal, installed Brother J. Rockwood Jenkins as Grand Chaplain and Brother Frank Goldwin Brown as Junior Grand Steward. They had been appointed by the Grand Master but not having been present for installation at the last session of the Grand Lodge.

• March: Brother Goldwater was appointed to write this history.

• $75 were voted for the relief of sufferers from floods, fires, and cyclones in Ohio and Indiana.

• April 23: The Lodge was convened to bury P. M. J. N. Rodenburg.

• December 27: The officers elected and appointed were installed. The ceremony was open to Master Masons only and was followed by the usual elaborate banquet and speeches.

Did you know

The Master's Hat - We all know that while Lodge is open the Master's head is covered. And there are quite a few references directing the Master to uncover and then recover. However nowhere in our ritual or constitution have we found a specific direction that requires the Master to wear a hat or cover, only that he uncover and recover? The closest we come is in the Entered Apprentice education materials that asks the question “Why does the Master wear a hat in Lodge”?

And answers

“The Worshipful Master alone is privileged to wear a hat in lodge, a contemporary relic of the ancient custom whereby the king remained covered, while his subjects were obliged to uncover in his presence”.

In Our Cemetery

Charles Lieb, “Doc” - Born 1826, died January 11, 1865. Served in the Union Army in the Civil War. Came to Arizona Territory with the governor's party as a surgeon for the troops who established Fort Whipple. He was one of the first burials in Citizen Cemetery, later removed to the Masonic Cemetery and buried beside his wife, Mary Catherine Brooks. (Ed Note: the reburial of Doc Lieb was arranged by W.B. Hezekiah Brooks (Mary Catherine's second husband)

09/27/2026

A Bit of History (from the Morris Goldwater History)

1912

February: The spade used by Grand Master Morgan in planting the statehood tree in the courthouse square on February 14, 1912, Admission Day, was presented to the Lodge and ordered preserved in the archives.

09/24/2026

A Bit of History (from Morris Goldwater's History of Aztlan Lodge)

1911

March: A letter was sent to Flagstaff Lodge No. 7, notifying it that the southern part of Mohave County was within the jurisdiction of this Lodge and asking it not to accept petitions from there unless accompanied by a waiver of jurisdiction given by this Lodge.
April: A vote of thanks was given to P.M. Brecht for the rubber treads and brass nosing he had placed upon the stairs at his own expense.
December 22: A called meeting was held, designated as a “Past Master’s Evening”. The Worshipful Master invited Past Grand Master Brother Anthony Arthur Johns to preside in the East and the stations and places were filled by pro tem appointments as follows:
P.G.M. Rickmer Nickels Fredericks, Senior Warden
P.M. W.J. Martin, Junior Warden
P.M. William C. Cook of California, Treasurer
P.S.W. J.H. Robinson, Secretary
P.G.J.W. F.G. Breck as Marshal
Reverend R.J. Jenkins, Chaplain
P.M. R.H. Hetherington, Senior Deacon
P.M. Nathan Levy, Junior Deacon
P.M. C.A. Peter, Senior Steward
Ed. Note: Junior Steward not named
Past Master J.N. Rodenberg, Tyler
The Lodge was opened on the 3rd degree, and Brother Adolph Lefkovitz, a soldier, was raised. PGM Goldwater gave the lecture.

December 27, the annual installation was private. The officers of the Chapter joined in the banquet and speaking, which followed.

In Our Cemetery (Margie Brown Cemetery Committee National Arizona Genealogy Society)

Elizabeth R. Aldridge, born March 15, 1844, died January 30, 1904, in Prescott. Elizabeth settled with her first husband, John B. Townsend (killed by Indians in 1873) on the Agua Fria in 1867, Married Meredith Aldridge, March 28, 1876, Prescott, AT. Her marker is under the name of Elizabeth Townsend.

George P. Opdyke, born November 1828 near Baptisttown, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, died July 23, 1891, at the age of 62 years in a runaway wagon accident.

09/23/2026

Happy Fall

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1028 Willow Creek Road
Prescott, AZ
86301

Telephone

+19284451412

Website

http://www.aztlanlodge.org/

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