E Clampus Vitus
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historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM4I0_tuolumne-gold-dredge_La-Grange-CA.html
Behind this monument rests the historic Tuolumne Gold Dredge which started operation at Patricksville, just east of this location, on June 15, 1938. A Walter Johnson No. 52 Model, it floated on a self-created pond of water. It was larger than a football fie…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM4MQ_james-h-carson_Angels-Camp-CA.html
James H. Carson (1821 - 1853)- - Soldier, gold prospector and miner, writer, sportsman. Discovered gold at Carson's Creek. He inspired a mutual confidence between man and man.Dedicated byMatuca Chapter, E.C.V.This 27th Day of April 1974
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM4O9_westside-flume-lumber-company_Tuolumne-CA.html
May 31, 1889 Henry J. Crocker, Wellington Gregg, Thomas Bullock and Charles Gardner formed the Westside Flume and Lumber Company, for a total cost of 361,000.00 dollars. The mill was built, and by the end of the year was in operation, and by 1900 was produc…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM4OE_bonanza-mine_Sonora-CA.html
Discovered 1851, by Chileans, they took out a substantial amount of free gold.Early 1870's acquired by James Divoll, Charles Clark, and Joseph Bray, sinking a shaft 1500 ft. in 1877. Big strike came in 1879, 990 lbs. of gold was removed in one week, valued …
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM4P2_lost-cement-mine_Cape-Charles-CA.html
Somewhere near this spot is located the famous Lost Cement Mine. First discovered in 1857, the find was described as a ledge, "wide as a curb stone" of rusty, reddish cement, two thirds of it pure gold. Various circumstances prevented the original discovere…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM54F_west-portal_Wisconsin-Dells-CA.html
East of this site was located West Portal, the largest of 4 'camps' or company towns, built in 1934 by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power for employees and their families who worked on the Mono Basin Project. At the height of construction, the to…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM5CI_return-to-bodie_Bridgeport-CA.html
During the California gold rush, E Clampus Vitus was a fraternal order and benevolence society for miners. It was rumored to be one of the secret societies in the town of Bodie during its heyday.
Today, ECV is dedicated to the preservation of California …
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM5CY_lower-lake-stone-jail_Lower-Lake-CA.html
Built in 1876 at the height of the quicksilver mining boom, the Lower Lake stone jail was a response to rapid town growth and the urgent need for civil order. Stephen Nicolai, one of the first stone masons in Lower Lake, built the jail from local materials …
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM5DY_first-bridgeport-courthouse_Bridgeport-CA.html
Located near this site was the first courthouse in the town of Bridgeport. Previously, the county courthouse was in Aurora (the county seat established in 1861) However, a state boundary survey completed in 1863 determined that town was actually in Nevada.
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historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM5E1_bodeys-grave_Bridgeport-CA.html
This marker placed in memory of William S. Bodey, discoverer of the Bodie mines, who lies buried on this hillside.
"Let him repose in peace among these everlasting hills"
Erected by Snowshoe Thompson Chapter ECV October 5, 1957