Drew Betnon’s great grandfather saved Albert Pike’s Masonic library, thus, Scottish Rite Freemasony. Above is the Sottish Rite Temple in Oakland where was located a Chapter of the Rose Croix. Jon Presco Oakland, in 1880, had become the city second in importance to California after San Francisco. A number of Masonic Lodges were occupying the … Continue reading Albert Pike Comes to Oakland