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Minnehaha Council No. 1160 was a local chapter of the Royal Arcanum, a prominent fraternal benefit society founded in Boston in 1877 that provided life insurance, social networking, and mutual aid to its members.
Historical records and city directories place this specific Minneapolis council in the late 19th and early 20th centuries:
Historical Minneapolis city directories show that Minnehaha Council met at the corner of Lake Street and Nicollet Avenue (often listed as meeting on the 2nd and 4th weeks). In the late 1890s, the local membership even pushed to construct their own two-story building at that intersection.
At the turn of the century, it was recognized as one of the most active and largest chapters of the fraternal order in the state of Minnesota, frequently hosting visiting supreme officers from the national organization.
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