This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cowger, Lindsay, Crandal, Chamberlain, Baylor, Yowell, Waterman, Cavender, Jones, Moomaw, Hann Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/1489 Message Board Post: FREMONT COUNTY HERALD. Feb. 25, 1897.--Saturday night about thirty Patriots of America, from Riverton, Hamburg and other near points, were on hand and organized a lodge at this place, under the direction of County Patriot, E.F. Cowger, of Riverton. Twenty-three were taken in as charter members and the following officers elected for the ensuing term: First Patriot.....................R.P. Lindsay Second Patriot................Silas Crandal Third Patriot....................O.Y. Chamberlain Chaplain.........................J.D. Baylor Sargeant at Arms............Jas. Yowell Recorder........................ A. B. Waterman Treasurer........................B. I. Cavender Guide.............................Corwin Jones Inside Doorkeeper...........W. H. Moomaw Outside Doorkeeper........Fred Hann N.B.: For a number of years, the pavilion in the Riverton park built by the P. of A. at that place has been accepted by the National Register of Historic Places.--W.F.