1848
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| Centuries: | 18th century - 19th century - 20th century |
| Decades: | 1810s 1820s 1830s - 1840s - 1850s 1860s 1870s
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| Years: | 1845 1846 1847 - 1848 - 1849 1850 1851 |
Officers of Western Star Lodge
- Master: Saschel Woods
- Senior Warden: Lucien E. Stewart
- Junior Warden: Peter Lassen
Events of 1848
- January 24: Gold discovered at Sutter's Mill
- March: Pierson B. Reading discovers gold at Reading's Bar near Clear Creek.
- May 10: The Grand Lodge of Missouri issues the charter for Western Star Lodge.
- May: Peter Lassen's wagon train leaves for California
- August: On his way back to his adobe after mining on the Trinity River, Major Pierson B. Reading camps at a site near artesian springs. The area would later be known as "Reading's Springs," and still later, "Shasta."
- October 31: Peter Lassen's wagon train arrives in Benton City.
