On February 2, 1925 several Omro-area farmers from Winnebago County met in Zion, Wisconsin, and formed Zion Grange, No. 666, a subordinate grange of the National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry. In 1929 they purchased Elo Hall in Elo, Wisconsin. They held their first meeting there on January 14, 1930 and one year later officially changed their name to Elo Grange, No. 666.
In the early years the focus of the national Grange was on its potential as a cooperative buying and selling agency and as a major lobbying force. Following this pattern Elo Grange cooperatively sold binder twine from 1927 to the early 1950's. The growing strength and influence of the national and state Grange's lobbying efforts permitted the local units to concentrate on other matters. The purchase of Elo Hall in 1930 allowed this young Grange to expand not only its agriculture-related activities, but also its social and community projects. Elo Grange made its hall available to the community and helped stage 4-H meetings, school parties, benefits for the sick and the unfortunate, plays, concerts, dances, debates, art exhibits, dinners, quilting bees, and sewing contests, plus initiations and other activities for its own members. Through the 1960's Elo Grange continued to serve as a fraternal center for its members and a social center for the rural community.
