The Pennsylvania State Grange has Susquehanna Valley Roots

The Pennsylvania Grange began among a small circle of farm families in Lycoming County. Faced with rising costs, limited bargaining power, rural isolation, and dependence upon railroads and merchants, they organized Eagle Grange No. 1 in 1871.

August 04, 2026 by Terry Diener | Additional Credits: Sources: Pennsylvania State Grange; ExplorePaHistory.com; National Grange (of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry); Pa State Archives State Grange Records, Manuscript Group 493; Poster: Library of Congress: Gift for the Grangers / J. Hale Powers & Co., publishers; Strobridge & Co., lithographers. Cincinnati, c. 1873.