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History of East Trinity Lodge No. 157, A.F.& A. M.
In 1854, when the petition was filed, the Rock Wall Neighborhood
(modern spelling did not yet prevail) had one of the denser
populations to be found in Kaufman County. where other
recognized communities were the town of Kaufman, the Village of
Turner's Point, and the settlement pf Praiville. Large in
area, though it was in 1854 Kaufman County, had only about 1,000
people, and was to grow to 3,938 during the decade of
establishment of the Lodge. Socially, the time was ripe
for the creation of such cultural institutions as the Lodge
because there was need for it's services.
Surviving records do not indicate where East Trinity Lodge held
it's first meeting, and there are differing opinions on this
subject. The best available source on information is
contained in articles written in 1906 By Judge E. C. Heath.
These articles were printed, and reprinted from time to
time, in Rockwall's weekly newspaper, The Rockwall Success. In
his history of Rockwall County, by O. L. Steger, Sr., Mr. Steger
printed excerpts from Judge Heath's articles, that were
reprinted in the Success in 1951.
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