E-ne-we-shin-e-gras Lodge No. 10, I. O. O. F., was instituted at Beloit (renamed Myrtle in 1847).

The evidence

• “Myrtle Lodge No. 10, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, was instituted as E-ne-we-shin-e-gras Lodge No. 10 on August 11, 1846, the name being changed to Myrtle in 1847. Beloit Encampment No. 7 of this order was instituted December 17, 1850.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/06-history-of-beloit.md, Vol. 1, PDF p. 193 / book p. 175

  Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.

  Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources

  

• “Howes to organize a Lodge, to be known and hailed as E-ne-we-shin-e-gras Lodge, No. 10, I. 0. 0. F., and to be located at Beloit, Wisconsin Territory ; and, on the 11th day of August, 1846, Duane Wilson, D. D.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/15-rock-county-ch09-beloit.md, PDF p. 634

  Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.

  Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources