PatronsPlace, Guide to the National Grange="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceType"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceName"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"/>  <style>  </style>  </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='tab-interval:.5in'> <div class=Section1> <p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=719 style='width:539.5pt;mso-cellspacing:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td width=335 valign=top style='width:251.5pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; mso-outline-level:1'><b><span style='font-size:20.0pt;color:red;mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt'>PatronsPlace </span></b><b><span style='font-size:24.0pt; mso-font-kerning:18.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:red'>The links to all the things having to do with</span></i></b><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:red'>The Order of Patrons of Husbandry -- The National Grange<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><br> <a href="http://www.oocities.org/patronsplace/giftgrange.gif/"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><img border=0 width=209 height=263 id="_x0000_i1025" src="//www.oocities.org/patronsplace/giftgrange.jpg"></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><br> </span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'>Welcome to PatronsPlace, the web page with links to everything that has to do with the Order of Patrons of Husbandry, better known as the National Grange.</span></b><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>The Grange is a uniquely American institution. It has no relationship with the many </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><a href="http://www.ils.ie/grange/index.shtml"><b><span style='mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt'>castles</span></b></a><b>, </b><a href="http://www.4tourism.com/uk/hotels/grange4.html"><b><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>stately homes</span></b></a><b>, </b><a href="http://www.hants.gov.uk/discover/places/grange.html"><b><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>historic buildings</span></b></a><b> and <a href="http://www.horton-grange.co.uk/"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>hotels</span></a> found in the <st1:place w:st="on">British Isles</st1:place> that bear the name "Grange." These predate the Grange. It is not </b><a href="http://www.grange.fr/"><b><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>furniture</span></b></a><b> or even a </b><a href="http://www.grange.demon.co.uk/index.html"><b><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>soccer team</span></b></a><b>. It is not a </b><a href="http://www.grange.cl/"><b><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>school</span></b></a><b>. It has nothing to do with <a href="http://sherlock-holmes.classic-literature.co.uk/the-adventure-of-the-abbey-grange/"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Sherlock Holmes.</span></a> It is doubtful that any member was ever in <a href="http://www.hmprisonservice.gov.uk/prisoninformation/locateaprison/prison.asp?id=422,15,2,15,422,0"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Her Majesty's Grange prison.</span></a> </b> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;text-align:center'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><a href="http://www.oocities.org/patronsplace/grange.jpg"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><img border=0 width=159 height=107 id="_x0000_i1026" src="//www.oocities.org/patronsplace/grange.jpg"></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>T</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>he agricultural nexus of the word "grange" is a connection to the many references to a Grange in history. The Order of Patrons of Husbandry was founded in 1867 by an American Oliver Hudson Kelley. </span></b><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;text-align:center'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><a href="http://www.oocities.org/patronsplace/Kelleydraw.jpg"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><img border=0 width=109 height=136 id="_x0000_i1027" src="//www.oocities.org/patronsplace/o_h_kelley.jpg"></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>The Grange history is rooted most famously in the Granger Movement of the late nineteenth century. Those were the days of struggle to recover from the War Between the States, with the rail road monopolies, the middlemen and other interests which were inapposite to those of rural and farm interests. </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Excerpts from the <a href="http://www.oocities.org/cannongrange/declaration_purposes.html"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>1874 Declaration of Purposes</span></a> of the Grange summarize the mood out of which the Granger Movement grew. </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>We long to see the antagonism between labor and capital removed by common consent, and by an enlightened statesmanship worthy of the nineteenth century. We are opposed to excessive salaries, high rates of interest and exorbitant profits in trade. They greatly increase our burdens and do not bear a proper proportion to the profits of producers.</span></i></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> </span></b><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>We must dispense with a surplus of middlemen, not that we are unfriendly to them, but we do not need them. Their surplus and their executions diminish our profits.</span></i></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> </span></b><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>We are not enemies of railroads, navigable and irrigating canals, <span class=GramE>nor of any corporation that will advance our industrial interests, nor</span> of any laboring classes. . . . We are not enemies to capital, but we oppose the tyranny of monopolies.</span></i></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> </span></b><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>We desire a proper equality, equity, and fairness; protection for the weak; restraint upon the strong; in short, justly distributed burdens and justly distributed power. These are <st1:country-region w:st="on">America</st1:country-region> ideas, the very essence of American independence, and to advocate the contrary is unworthy of the sons and daughters of an <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">American</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Republic</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>.</span></i></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> </span></b><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>The Granger Movement resulted in some political success, some temporary and permanent reform including federal regulation of rail road monopolies after the famous case of <a href="http://www2.law.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/foliocgi.exe/historic/query=%5BGroup+94+U.S.+113:%5D(%5BLevel+Case+Citation:%5D%7C%5BGroup+citemenu:%5D)/doc/%7B@1%7D/hit_headings/words=4/hits_only?"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Munn v. Illinois</span></a>. This site contains links to more history about the Grange. </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Today, the Grange is a family fraternity. <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>It<span class=GramE> maintains</span> a mainstream <a href="http://www.nationalgrange.org/legislation/legislation.html"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>legislative program</span></a>. </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#00CC00'>To suggest a site for inclusion in PatronsPlace please <a href="mailto:charlespgilliam@yahoo.com"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>click here to send an e-mail</span></a> with the URL. </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Copyright (c) 2000, 2007 all rights reserved<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> <td width=192 valign=top style='width:143.95pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.05in;line-height:10.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'>State Granges</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> <br> <b><span style='color:black'>Sites for State Granges:</span></b> </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.2in;line-height: 10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>· <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'><a href="http://www.californiagrange.org/"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>California</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.2in;line-height: 10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'><a href="http://www.ctstategrange.org/"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Connecticut</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.2in;line-height: 10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'><a href="http://www.coloradogrange.org/"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Colorado</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.2in;line-height: 10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><a href="http://www.illinoisgrange.org/"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Illinois</span></a></span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.2in;line-height: 10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'><a href="http://www.ksgrange.org/"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Kansas</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.2in;line-height: 10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>· <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'><a href="http://www.massgrange.org/"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Massachusetts</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.2in;line-height: 10.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .3in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'><a href="http://www.mainestategrange.org/"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Maine</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.2in;line-height: 10.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .3in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'><a href="http://www.michigangrange.org/mod.php?mod=userpage&menu=1700&page_id=13"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Michigan</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.2in;line-height: 10.0pt;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4;tab-stops:list .3in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'><a href="http://www.nhgrange.org/Home/"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>New Hampshire</span></a></span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.2in;line-height: 10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><a href="http://www.newjerseygrange.com/"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>New Jersey</span></a></span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.2in;line-height: 10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><a href="http://www.nysgrange.com/"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt'>New York</span></a> </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.2in;line-height: 10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><a href="http://www.ncgrange.com/"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt'>North Carolina</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.2in;line-height: 10.0pt;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4;tab-stops:list .3in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><a href="http://www.ohiostategrange.org/"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Ohio</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.2in;line-height: 10.0pt;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4;tab-stops:list .3in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><a href="http://www.oklahomagrange.org/"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Oklahoma</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.2in;line-height: 10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><a href="http://www.grange.org/"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt'>Oregon</span></a> </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.2in;line-height: 10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><a href="http://www.pagrange.org/"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt'>Pennsylvania</span></a> </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.2in;line-height: 10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><a href="http://www.vermontstategrange.org/"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Vermont</span></a> </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.2in;line-height: 10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><a href="http://www.wa-grange.org/index.htm"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Washington</span></a> </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.05in;line-height:10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'><br> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><b>Pomona</b></st1:City></st1:place><b> (regional) Granges</b> </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><a href="http://www.oocities.org/fairfieldpomona"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Fairfield County, Connecticut</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 10.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6;tab-stops:list .25in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'><a href="http://www.oocities.org/mercercopomona/"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt'>Mercer County, Pennsylvania</span></a></span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 10.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6;tab-stops:list .25in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'><a href="http://www.ma-pomona19.org/">Connecticut Valley, Mass</a>.</span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:7.1pt;line-height:10.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:blue'> </span></b><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.05in;line-height:10.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'>Grange History Related see also subordinate Grange sites for local history)</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'> </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 10.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6;tab-stops:list .25in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_Patrons_of_Husbandry_(The_Grange)">Wikipedia entry</a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 10.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6;tab-stops:list .25in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=1zuza6x1ns0C&dq=patrons+husbandry&printsec=frontcover&source=web&ots=E3k0072RLg&sig=Oq5ljaEs7eHpRg0x__0u9xaZaNM#PPA5,M1">Semi-Centennial History of the Patrons of Husbandry (1916</a>)</span><span style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 10.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6;tab-stops:list .25in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=3nrZkdLPYucC&dq=patrons+husbandry&printsec=frontcover&source=web&ots=h4qvOWCSu2&sig=DzkvnYvCo_WG3fsNlCVTjZdFm9A">Orgin and Progress of the Order of the Patrons of Husbandry (1875). By Grange founder O.H. Kelley</a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.05in;line-height:10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><a href="http://www.oocities.org/patronsplace/Grange_NationalHistory.doc"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>History of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry</span></a> </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.05in;line-height:10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><a href="http://www.oocities.org/cannongrange/structure.html"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Brief Description of the Structure of the Grange</span></a> </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.05in;line-height:10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><a href="http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=moa;idno=ACK7594"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Manual of Subordinate Granges of the Patrons of Husbandry</span></a> </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.05in;line-height:10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><a href="http://www.oocities.org/patronsplace/lifeinthe1880s.htm"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Life in the 1880s</span></a> </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.05in;line-height:10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><a href="http://www.oocities.org/patronsplace/theagrariancrusade.htm"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>The Agrarian Crusade</span></a> </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.05in;line-height:10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><a href="http://www.nps.gov/getc/"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt'>William Saunders and Gettysburg National Cemetery</span></a> </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.05in;line-height:10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><a href="http://www.grange.org/history.htm"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Birth of an American Treasure</span></a> </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.05in;line-height:10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><a href="http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/cac/agricul.html"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Kansas Archives</span></a> </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.05in;line-height:10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><a href="http://lcweb.loc.gov/"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt'>Library of Congress</span></a> </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.05in;line-height:10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><a href="http://www.mnhs.org/places/sites/ohkf/ohkf-doc.html"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Oliver H. Kelley Farm</span></a> </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.05in;line-height:10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><a href="http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/cac/ms0269.html"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Center for Archival Collections</span></a> </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.05in;line-height:10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><a href="http://www.oocities.org/cannongrange/declaration_purposes.html"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Declaration of Purposes</span></a> </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.05in;line-height:10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><a href="http://www.indianhill.org/History/Hist018.htm"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>The Grange In Indian Hill History</span></a> </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.05in;line-height:10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><a href="http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/lhbumbib:@field(TITLE+@band(Souvenir.+))"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>National Grange in Michigan (1902)</span></a> </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.05in;line-height:10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=t3kFAAAAQAAJ&dq=patrons+husbandry&printsec=frontcover&source=web&ots=5TXbNENFDn&sig=xF2oHDcWVJdN8-AszlM3V22-1SQ"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>The Farmer's War Against Monopolies (1874)</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.3in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 10.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo8;tab-stops:list .3in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><a href="http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h854.html"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>The Grange Movement</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.3in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 10.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo8;tab-stops:list .3in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><a href="http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/archives/1912/p/patrons_of_husbandry.html"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Kansas Patrons of Husbandry</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.3in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 10.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo8;tab-stops:list .3in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><a href="http://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grange.html"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Political Graveyard</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.3in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 10.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo8;tab-stops:list .3in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><a href="http://www.sunysb.edu/libspecial/collections/manuscripts/southold.html"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>New York archives</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.3in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 10.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo8;tab-stops:list .3in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><a href="http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=964"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Ohio History Central</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.3in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 10.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo8;tab-stops:list .3in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><a href="http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/imagegallery.php?EntryID=P008"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Tennessee history</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.3in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 10.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo8;tab-stops:list .3in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><a href="http://www.nfu.ca/on/misc_files/History.htm"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Grange in Canada</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.3in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 10.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo8;tab-stops:list .3in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=c6cIPAaKlK4C&dq=patrons+husbandry&printsec=frontcover&source=web&ots=Rmfypo1Fwc&sig=pNcSfmIwP0_9HLKE1PR-IKX9DLc">Manual of Subordinate Granges (1878)</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.3in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 10.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo8;tab-stops:list .3in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=VLMCAAAAMAAJ&dq=patrons+husbandry&printsec=frontcover&source=web&ots=ygbuQ0YmFV&sig=b4rSyHjnQfiustjY63EIkZc-2eQ#PPA1,M1">Journal of Proceedings of the 22d Session of the National Grange (1888</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.05in;line-height:10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'><br> <b>Grange-Related Fairs</b> </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.05in;line-height:10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><a href="http://www.avfair.com/"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt'>Antelope Valley, California</span></a> </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.05in;line-height:10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><a href="http://boonecountyfair.com/"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt'>Boone County (Illinois)</span></a> </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.05in;line-height:10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><a href="http://www.grangefair.net/"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt'>Centre County Grange Encampment and Fair</span></a> </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.05in;line-height:10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><a href="http://www.ctfairs.org/"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt'>Connecticut Fairs Association</span></a> </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.05in;line-height:10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><a href="http://www.oocities.org/cannongrange/cannon_fairnext.html"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Cannon, Wilton Connecticut</span></a> </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.05in;line-height:10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><a href="http://www.jocofair.com/"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt'>Josephine County, Oregon</span></a> </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.05in;line-height:10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><a href="http://www.mafa.org/"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt'>Massachusetts Fairs Association</span></a> </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.05in;line-height:10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><a href="http://www.yorktowngrangefair.org/"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Yorktown, New York</span></a> </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-line-height-alt:10.0pt'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:-.75pt;mso-line-height-alt:10.0pt'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> <a href="http://www.oocities.org/patronsplace/grangehat.jpg"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-line-height-alt:10.0pt'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-line-height-alt:10.0pt'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=192 valign=top style='width:144.05pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.05in;line-height:10.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'>The National Grange</span></b><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.2in;line-height: 10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'><a href="http://www.nationalgrange.org/"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Home page of the official site</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.2in;line-height: 10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><a href="http://www.nationalgrange.org/legislation/legislation.html"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Legislative</span></a> </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.2in;line-height: 10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><a href="http://www.oocities.org/patronsplace/Grange_NationalHistory.doc"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>History </span></a><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span></span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.2in;line-height: 10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><a href="http://www.oocities.org/cannongrange/declaration_purposes.html"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>1874 Declaration of Purposes</span></a> </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.2in;line-height: 10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><a href="http://www.oocities.org/cannongrange/structure.html"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Structure of the Grange</span></a> </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:7.1pt;line-height:10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.05in;line-height:10.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'>Subordinate (local) Granges with own sites</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.05in;line-height:10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><a href="http://hometown.aol.com/androgrange/"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Androscoggin Grange, Greene Maine</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.8pt;line-height:10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><a href="http://www.baysidegrange.org/">Bayside Grange, Bayside, California</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.2in;line-height: 10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'><a href="http://www.oocities.org/cannongrange"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt'>Cannon Grange, Wilton Connecticut</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.2in;line-height: 10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'><a href="http://home1.gte.net/sramm/coltonfoothill/index.htm"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Colton-Foothills, Colton Oregon</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.2in;line-height: 10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><a href="http://www.oocities.org/fairoaksgrange/"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt'>Fair Oaks, Fair Oaks California</span></a> </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.2in;line-height: 10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><a href="http://www.guidingstargrange.org/"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt'>Guiding Star, Greenfield Massachusetts</span></a> </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.2in;line-height: 10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><a href="http://www.greengrange.org/home.html"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Live Oak, Santa Cruz California</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.3in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 10.0pt;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo10;tab-stops:list .3in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'><a href="http://www.geaugalink.com/hbgrange/"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Huntsburg Grange, Huntsburg Ohio</span></a></span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.3in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 10.0pt;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo10;tab-stops:list .3in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'><a href="http://www.montaguema.net/group.cfm?gpt=34&g=190">Montague Grange, Montague, Mass</a></span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.2in;line-height: 10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><a href="http://www.oocities.org/olympicviewgrange774/"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Olympic View, Montesano Washington</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.3in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 10.0pt;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo10;tab-stops:list .3in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><a href="http://www.perryvalleygrange.org/"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Perry Valley, Millerstown Pennsylvania</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.2in;line-height: 10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><a href="http://www.expage.com/page/pioneergrange1"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Pioneer, Dayton New Jersey</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.3in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 10.0pt;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo12;tab-stops:list .3in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'><a href="http://www.ravenagrange.org/"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Ravena Grange, Ravena New York</span></a></span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.2in;line-height: 10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><a href="http://www.rowleygrange.org/"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt'>Rowley Grange, Rowley Mass.</span></a></span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.2in;line-height: 10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><a href="http://www.clallam.com/grange/index.htm"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Sequim Prairie, Sequim Washington</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.3in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 10.0pt;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo12;tab-stops:list .3in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><a href="http://www.valleygrange.org/"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Valley Grange, Lewisberry Pennsylvania</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.3in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 10.0pt;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo12;tab-stops:list .3in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><a href="http://www.oocities.org/walkergrange786/"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Walker Grange, Mexico Pennsylvania</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.05in;line-height:10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><a href="http://www.capayvalley.com/w_yolo_grange.htm"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Yolo Grange, Brooks California </span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.05in;line-height:10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'><br> <b>Some Select Agriculture, Farm and Garden Sites</b> </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.3in;text-indent:-.2in;line-height: 10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><a href="http://www.fourhcouncil.edu/"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt'>National 4H</span></a> </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.3in;text-indent:-.2in;line-height: 10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><a href="http://dmoz.org/Science/Agriculture/"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Open Directory Project Agriculture Links</span></a> </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.3in;text-indent:-.2in;line-height: 10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><a href="http://www.hgtv.com/"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt'>HGTV</span></a> </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.3in;text-indent:-.2in;line-height: 10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><a href="http://www.usda.gov/"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt'>USDA</span></a> </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.3in;text-indent:-.2in;line-height: 10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><a href="http://www.ams.usda.gov/directmarketing/"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>USDA Farmer Direct Marketing</span></a> </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.3in;text-indent:-.2in;line-height: 10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><a href="http://agriculture.house.gov/"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt'>House Committee on Agriculture</span></a> </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.05in;line-height:10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'><br> <b>Grange Inspired Businesses</b></span><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:blue'> </span></b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'>(Disclaimer: these are examples of businesses with historical roots in the Granger movement. They are independent businesses not now necessarily endorsed by the Patrons of Husbandry and vice-versa.) </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.3in;text-indent:-.2in;line-height: 10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><a href="http://www.ftlife.com/history.html"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Farmers and Traders</span></a> </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.3in;text-indent:-.2in;line-height: 10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><a href="http://www.patrons.com/html/body_history.htm"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Patrons Oxford Insurance</span></a> </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.3in;text-indent:-.2in;line-height: 10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><a href="http://www.grange.com/"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt'>Grange Insurance Group</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'><br> <b>Ephemera</b> </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.05in;line-height:10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><a href="http://www.macomb.k12.mi.us/wq/armada/sld001.htm"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Armanda-Bruce Grange Hall</span></a> </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.05in;line-height:10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><a href="http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/cac/ms0172.html"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Center for Archival Collections</span></a> </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.05in;line-height:10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><a href="http://www.heraldnet.com/Stories/98/5/31/grangeintro.htm"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Home at the Grange</span></a> </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.05in;line-height:10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?r105:E23JN7-94:"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>A Congressional Resolution</span></a> </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.05in;line-height:10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><a href="http://us.history.wisc.edu/hist102/lectures/textonly/lecture10.html"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Rise of Populism</span></a> </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.05in;line-height:10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><a href="http://enfo.com/~waterman/tma/news/2/tmagrange.html"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Table Mountain Association</span></a> </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.05in;line-height:10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><a href="http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/GG/aag1.html"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Texas Grange History</span></a> </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.05in;line-height:10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><a href="http://www.nde.state.ne.us/SS/markers/059.html"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Nebraska marker</span></a> </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.05in;line-height:10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><a href="http://www.sos.state.mi.us/history/museum/explore/museums/hismus/prehist/ruralmi/farmcomm.html"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Michigan Historical Museum</span></a> </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.05in;line-height:10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><a href="http://www.hampton.lib.nh.us/hampton/history/randall/chap23/randall23_3.htm"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Oceanside Grange</span></a> </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.05in;line-height:10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'>·<a href="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sgcemetery/metz/grange/grange.html"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Sugar Grove Grange, Jasper, Iowa</span></a> </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.05in;line-height:10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><a href="http://www.rootsweb.com/~mikegoad/html/doc00220.htm"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Patrons of Husbandry on the Pacific Coast</span></a> </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.05in;line-height:10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><a href="http://www.iinc.com/elba/grange.html"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>The Elba Grange</span></a> </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.05in;line-height:10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><a href="http://www.rootsweb.com/~srgp/flaghold/flag032.htm"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Cemetery Commemorative Plaques</span></a> </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.05in;line-height:10.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><a href="http://www.plumblibrary.com/grangehistory.html"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Rochester Grange History </span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.3in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 10.0pt;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo10;tab-stops:list .3in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'><a href="http://www.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/manuscripts/MS486.html"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Iowa State University</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.3in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 10.0pt;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo10;tab-stops:list .3in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><a href="http://www.the-forum.com/ephemera/grange.htm"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Grange artifacts</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.3in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 10.0pt;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo10;tab-stops:list .3in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><a href="http://dll.umaine.edu/historytrail/site23.html"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>University of Maine history trail</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.3in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 10.0pt;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo10;tab-stops:list .3in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><a href="http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5026/"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Some Grange ritual</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.3in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 10.0pt;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo10;tab-stops:list .3in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><a href="http://www.nebraskastudies.org/0600/frameset_reset.html?http://www.nebraskastudies.org/0600/stories/0601_0301.html"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Nebraska studies</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.3in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 10.0pt;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo10;tab-stops:list .3in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><a href="http://www.lib.umd.edu/ARCV/agriculture/agexhibit/mdstategrange.html"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Maryland Agriculture</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.3in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 10.0pt;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo10;tab-stops:list .3in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><a href="http://ah.bfn.org/a/HAMB/main/22/"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Hamburg Grange</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.3in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 10.0pt;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo10;tab-stops:list .3in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><a href="http://www.neighborhoodlink.com/public/clubhome.html?nclubid=769799104&nsupercity=813015497"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Braintree Grange</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.3in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 10.0pt;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo10;tab-stops:list .3in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><a href="http://www.longwood.k12.ny.us/history/yaphank/yap25.htm"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Ostermans Bank Grange Hall</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.05in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><a href="http://www.our-oxford.info/oxfordgrange-1929/grange-1929.html"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Oxford Grange 1929 Program</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.05in'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> <p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> </div> </body> </html>