PILGRIMS REST CHAMBER

-MYSTERY SOLVED-

WHAT DOES THIS STONE's SYMBOL MEAN???

This stone is found in the Oak Ridge Cemetery, Davis, Murray County, OK

Mosaic Templars of America

Location: Little Rock, Arkansas 
Mosaic Templars of America Headquarters
Once headquarters for one of the largest African-American 
fraternal organizations in the country, this 1911 structure
is scheduled for restoration in the future.

900 Broadway 
Little Rock AR 72201 

One such fraternal organization, the Mosaic Templars of America, 
was founded in Little Rock in the late 1800s by John Bush and 
Chester W. Keatts, initially to provide burial insurance policies to 
African Americans. It quickly expanded into operating a building and 
loan association, hospitals and teaching facilities and other 
enterprises. Shortly after the organization built its impressive 
three-story headquarters building in downtown Little Rock in 1911, 
it became the largest black-owned and capitalized enterprise in the 
country. Unfortunately, like many other businesses during the Great 
Depression, the Mosaic Templars financial empire had crumbled by 
the 1930s, but the headquarters building continued to function for 
many years as the cornerstone of African American social and 
cultural life in Little Rock. It is still standing at Ninth and Broadway 
and the descendants of the original founders of the Mosaic 
Templars are still living in Little Rock today. 

This sure seems to be what we are looking for!

Contributed by: Mahlon Erickson - Jan. 2002