Curtain Wall

Fun Fact: Cabin Wall Let’s go inside! Beyond their similar exteriors, Modern Woodmen of America (MWA) camp lodges also shared interior layouts with a stage at one end of the building. The stage curtains were used as advertising space for local businesses and were hand-painted. It’s not known exactly how Ernest Hüpeden learned about the new…

Modern Woodmen of America Lodge Halls Across Wisconsin

Modern Woodmen of America Lodge Halls Across Wisconsin Many Modern Woodmen of America lodge halls across Wisconsin and the Midwest look like cousins. Most were simple, boxy buildings with similar fronts and layouts. That wasn’t an accident — local camps ordered their building plans from the MWA Main Office in Rock Island, Illinois. Here in…

All-Seeing Eye

The very first Modern Woodmen of America Fraternity was chartered in 1883 in Lyons, Iowa. The Valton camp, chartered in 1899, is Camp 6190 – an attestation to the rapid growth of the organization.