Willamette Lodge № 2, A.F. & A.M., was organized July 17, 1850, at the present site of Portland by early leaders Benjamin Stark, S.H. Tyron and Berryman Jennings. During the very early meetings of this Lodge, John H. Couch petitioned, being recommended by Bros. George H. Flanders and Robert Thompson. We have had a long standing tradition since.