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1849
Gold discovered at Sutter’s Mill

•Traveling Lodges

	Discussion points:
	Timeline: Still 1849
	Event: Gold discovered at Sutter’s Mill
	•Word moves East
	•Men move West
		•Difficult journey
			•Don’t want to go alone, too dangerous
			•Traveling parties
			•Form fraternal bonds
			•Some already Masons, others became Masons along the way
			•Created Traveling Lodges