The Improved Order of Red Men was a fraternal, social, insurance, and political society. The society was for men only and did not admit First Nation Natives, though they mimicked the customs of the Iroquois tribes from before the Revolutionary War. The demographic of white men drawn to the west coast of the United States was similar in Marin County California and in Jackson County Oregon from the 1850's to the early 1900's. The description of this society by Stanley J Bransgrove is an excellent discussion of the Improved Order of Red Men. The roll of Fraternal Organizations in Marin County California was similar to the social structures of Jacksonville Oregon.

For an excellent explanation go to http://mill-valey.freemasonry.biz/marin_red_men.htm
the material is the copyright of Stanley Bransgrove

See also
Toward a Fraternal History of Marin County:
A Survey of Secret Societies
being a General History of Various Fraternities
and Their Specific Impact in Marin Co Ca
By
Stanley J. Bransgrove, P.M., M.R.S., F.G.C.R.

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