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Olive Branch Lodge

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Identity

Abbreviation
unknown
Jurisdiction
US-TX · Texas
Also operates
unknown
Naming style
AF&AM
Claimed tradition
craft lodge under Grand Lodge of Texas, A.F. & A.M.
Founded
unknown
Website
http://olivebranch26.blogspot.com

Public contacts

email: cdal@fixback.com personal published by org
phone: 979-286-0119 public organizational

Addresses

physical San Felipe, TX, 77473
mailing Brenham, TX, 77834

Officers (public)

Marshal: Andy Getz PM
Worshipful Master: Elect Larry Arnold PM

Website

Website liveness

live siteOfficial URLs are kept after they die. Facebook is social, not a replacement site.

Current site
Olive Branch No. 26 A.F.& A.M. HTTP 200
Olive Branch No. 26 A.F.& A.M. HTTP 200
Former sites
none recorded
Facebook
none in corpus

Public-web footprint

Public-web footprint

Rank #331 worldwide · score 68.8 · high live siteTravel signal only. Footprint ≠ members. Dead official URLs do not earn the live-site points.

SignalCount / sourcePts
Own official websiteyes18.0
Pages absorbed1111.5
Distinct hosts12.8
Social accounts00.0
HTTP 200 / 404 (site-like)10 / 08.0
Last verified (site-like)2026-09-20 (0d)6.0
Description corpus chars17179.6
Officers listed publicly24.0
Meeting schedule publishedno0.0
Hall / addressphysical3.0
Proceedings / sketches / assertions36.0
Parent GL membership prior (sourced only)none in corpus0.0

formula v1.1 · computed 2026-09-20 · join key lodge UUID b2cb2e15-8f1d-5f05-9f17-915fec00d565

Lodge lifecycle

Number
26
Status
active
Grand Lodge
Grand Lodge of Texas, A.F. & A.M.
Opened
unknown
Closed
unknown
Successor
unknown
Meetings
unknown

Events

No lifecycle events. Proceedings not extracted yet.

Historical lineage

Charter / constitution / claimed descent. Not recognition.

This body traces through / was chartered by

SourceTargetDatesEvidence
Grand Lodge of Texas, A.F. & A.M.charteredOlive Branch LodgeunknownunknownSourceautomatically_extracted

Current recognition

Directed edges only. Mutual recognition would appear as two edges.

This organization recognizes

None documented.

Organizations that recognize this one

None documented.

Classifications (attributed)

Exact language from a named body. The database has no is_clandestine flag.

None documented.

No attributed classifications.

Other documented relationships

None documented.

Primary-source corpus

URLs collected about this organization, including directory entries and official pages.

Sourced descriptions

extracted excerptLodgeLocator entity 41 — Grand Lodge of Texas, A.F. & A.M.

Olive Branch Lodge No. 26 listed under Grand Lodge of Texas, A.F. & A.M. as active at 201 Vicaro Guerero, San Felipe, TX, 77473 on public directory (accessed 2026-09-20). Open/close dates not stated on this directory.

historical sketch

Olive Branch No. 26 A.F.& A.M.: Stephen Austin’s Return, SAN FELIPE v. CORREO, Austin’s Speech and a Synopsis of Revolution Olive Branch No. 26 A.F.& A.M. "A Lodge of Union" Pages Home Meetings & Info Lodge of Union History Secrets Unveiled Regional Links Saturday, October 14, 2023 Stephen Austin’s Return, SAN FELIPE v. CORREO, Austin’s Speech and a Synopsis of Revolution Jim Muller presented a history presentation at the luncheon for our October 14, 2023, meeting.  He read two articles from the San Felipe Telegraph and Texas Register  which are reproduced here as they were originally published. Brother Muller reported that in October of 1835 the first shots of the Texas Revolution occurred when the Texas Navy captured a Mexican navel vessel during the first open conflict of the Texas Revolution. Here is the story of this part of the presentation.  In August 1835, the schooner  San Felipe  was sent from New Orleans to Brazoria, heavily armed and loaded with munitions meant for Texas revolutionaries. Also on board was Stephen F. Austin, just released from his imprisonment in Mexico. His presence was no coincidence, as Austin's ordeal had convinced him that peace with Mexico was hopeless. He was now committed to the revolutionary cause. On September 1, Austin, his fellow passengers, and most of the cargo had been transferred to a steamer, the  Laura , by the time the   San Felipe   was approached by the

Assertions

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