1849
GM of Louisiana issues Grant for The Pacific Lodge at Benicia

•Members of failed Lodge later form Benicia Lodge #5

• First Lodge building

•Jewels cut from tin cans

	In 1849, the Grand Master of Louisiana gave a grant, similar to a dispensation, to a group that eventually became The Pacific Lodge at Benicia, and later was chartered as Benicia Lodge #5. The Lodge building they built was the first in California, and is still standing. In it are the first jewels used by the Lodge, made of tin and cut from cans of food. In the Lodge room, on the altar, is another relic from 1850, their Holy Bible.