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IN 1870 it took a long time to go along the
coast of California from the mission town of San Buenaventura, to
the other mission town of Santa Barbara. The best way to travel then
was by horse and buggy. And the road was a rough and rugged one.
Where the causeway was later built along the Rincon highway,
travelers could pass only at low tide. Journeys had to be timed
according to the tide, and it took at least six hours to make the
trip one way.
We can almost hear the conversation on that long road,
coming home from the Lodge at Santa Barbara Saturday night on the
full moon, when Lemuel C. McKeeby said to Brice Grimes and Henry
Spear: "Why don't we have a Masonic Lodge in San Buenaventura?" They
heartily agreed, and the rest of the ride really seemed short
because of the plans they were formulating.
This was, perhaps, the very first thing which occurred
in the history of San Buenaventura Lodge, No. 214, Free and Accepted
Masons of the State of California.
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