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Submitted: 3/26/14 • Approved: 11/25/18 • Last Updated: 11/28/18 • R991585-G0-S3
Galley Rock Arkansas Masonic Lodge 172
Chartered November 14, 1862
Located on the corner of Mason and Main Street
Galley Rock was an Arkansas River Steamboat Town.
Charter moved to Atkins, Arkansas, a new railroad town in 1876.
Charter Members
Dr. Daniel F. Armstrong P.G.M. W.M.
W.Y Austin S.W.
I.F. Childress J.W.
Civil War Col. Ben T. Embry Twice W.M. of Galley Rock Lodge 172 and was an extensive property owner. His great-granddaughter, Embry Scott Shoemaker, is a current resident and owner of the plantation.
This marker erected in memory of Noah Peak, M.M. Galley Rock Lodge 172 by his grandsons.
1910-1978 Embry Peak 32' M.M. Atkins Lodge 172
1918- Lloyd Peak, M.M. South Houston, Texas Lodge 1295
1921-1998 Joe Peak, 32' M.M. and current J.W. Atkins Lodge 172
The three grandsons were born and reared on this plantation.
So Mote It Be
Dedicated April 1894
Contributed on 3/26/14 by stacieford38
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