Floydada Chapter No. 31, Order of the Eastern Star

The chapter's county sits on flat High Plains ground broken on the east by the Caprock and Rolling Plains and on the south by the White River and Blanco Canyon. Floyd County covers 992 square miles at elevations of 2,600 to 3,300 feet, and between 71 and 80 percent of its land is rated prime farmland, about 500,000 acres arable. Rain averages nineteen inches a year and snow eleven, and the growing season runs about 213 days, from a last freeze in early April to a first in early November.

What the plaque says

Floydada Chapter No. 31, Order of the Eastern Star The Floyd City Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star (O.E.S.), was organized in early 1898 when members of the Floyd City Lodge No. 712, A. F. & A. M. and their families petitioned the Grand Chapter of Texas O.E.S. for a charter. Mrs. Ella B. Starks was named worthy matron and Mr. J. L. Crabtree was appointed worthy patron. Officially chartered in October of that year, the chapter had a strong beginning with its charter and many new members. In 1933 the chapter was renamed Floydada Chapter No. 31 in keeping with the renaming of the Masonic Lodge, since the town itself had been renamed soon after its founding. In observing their O.E.S. objectives, the Floydada chapter has contributed time, effort and funds to many charitable and civic projects and organizations. (1999)

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Crosby County Pioneer Memorial Museum — 23 mi
  Crosbyton's museum of Blanco Canyon, built in 1958 as a copy of Hank Smith's Rock House, and the place to learn the canyon's 1871 fight between Mackenzie's cavalry and Quanah's Quahadi Comanche.

More markers nearby

• Floydada Lodge No. 712, A. F. & A. M. — steps away
• First Methodist Church of Floydada — steps away
• First National Bank of Floydada — steps away
• Commercial Hotel — steps away