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=== Mooseheart and Moosehaven === At the 1911 convention in [[Detroit]], Davis, the "Director General" of the Order, recommended that the LOOM (Loyal Order Of Moose) acquire property for an "Institute", "School" or "College" that would be a home, schooling, and vocational training for the orphans of LOOM members.<ref name="Moose, History" />{{Third-party inline|date=November 2018}} For months offers came in and a number of meetings were held regarding the project. It was eventually agreed that the center should be located somewhere near the [[center of population]], adjacent to both rail and river transportation and within a day's travel to a major city. On December 14, 1912, the leaders of the organization decided to purchase the 750-acre Brookline Farm. Brookline was a dairy farm near [[Batavia, Illinois]]. It was close to the [[Fox River (Illinois River tributary)|Fox River]], two railway lines and the (then [[Dirt road|dirt]]) [[Lincoln Highway]]. The leadership also wished to buy additional real estate to the west and north owned by two other families, for a total of 1,023 acres. Negotiations for the purchases were held in January and February 1913, and legal possession of the property was taken on March 1. The name "Mooseheart" had been adopted for the school at the suggestion of Ohio Congressman and Supreme Council member [[John J. Lentz]] by a unanimous joint meeting of the Supreme Council and Institute Trustees on February 1. Mooseheart was dedicated on July 27, 1913. [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[Thomas R. Marshall]] gave a speech for the occasion.<ref name="Moose, History" /><ref>[http://www.mooseheart.org/MHHistory.asp History of Mooseheart] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908061310/http://www.mooseheart.org/MHHistory.asp |date=2015-09-08 }} Mooseheart web site Retrieved 12/27/13</ref> While Mooseheart began as a school, it soon grew to become a small [[Municipal corporation|incorporated]] village and hub of the organization, housing the headquarters of the LOOM as well as the [[Women of the Moose]]. The population of Mooseheart would grow to 1,000 by 1920, reach a peak of 1,300 during the [[Great Depression in the United States|Great Depression]], and decline to approximately 500, the campus' current maximum capacity, in 1979.<ref name="Moose, History" /><ref name="Schmidt pp.220, 222">Schmidt pp.220, 222</ref> In addition to Mooseheart, the LOOM also runs a retirement center, Moosehaven, located in [[Orange_Park,_Florida|Orange Park]], [[Florida]]. This project was inaugurated in the autumn of 1922 with 26 acres of property and 22 retired Moose residents. It has grown to a 63-acre community with over 400 residents.<ref name="Moose, History" />{{Third-party inline|date=November 2018}}
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