Delaware County NY Genealogy and History Site

Shown here is this vintage badge (front & back) of the Pepacton Tribe, No. 112 of Improved Order of Red Men in Downsville, NY. This badge has a patent date of 1892-93. The links in the text below are to Wikipedia sites. --Roger D. Davis, 20 May 2020. ---click images to view larger

The Improved Order of Red Men is a fraternal organization established in North America in 1834. Their rituals and regalia are modeled after those assumed by white men of the era to be used by Native Americans. Despite the name, the order was formed solely by, and for, white men.[2] The organization claimed a membership of about half a million in 1935, but has declined to a little more than 15,000.