Location: 7395 Frasinetti Rd, Sacramento, CA 95828
38°29’22.5″N 121°23’42.0″W
38.489591, -121.394985

JAMES FRASINETTI, AN ITALIAN IMMIGRANT, FOUNDED THIS WINERY IN 1897. FRASINETTI’S IS THE OLDEST FAMILY OWNED AND OPERATED WINE PRODUCER IN THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY. AT ITS PEAK THE WINERY HAD OVER 400 ACRES OF GRAPES.

TODAY GRAPES HAVE DISAPPEARED FROM THIS AREA AND THE WINERY IS BACK TO THE ORIGINAL SIX ACRES.  THIS WINERY PRODUCES VARIETAL WINES THAT COMBINE OLD WORLD TRADITIONS WITH THE IMPROVED METHODS OF TODAY.

                                                                  NEW HELVETIA CHAPTER #5
                                                                          E CLAMPUS VITUS
                                                                         NGH JESSE SALINAS
                                                                         FEBRUARY 17, 2007

Location: 1250 Sutterville Rd Sacramento, CA 95822
38°32’17.6″N 121°30’18.2″W
38.538223, -121.505058

SITE OF A TWO STORY BRICK BUILDING BUILT FOR ROBERT H. VANCE OF SAN FRANCISCO IN 1853. ONE OF FIVE BRICK STRUCTURES ERECTED THAT YEAR. IT WAS FIRST OCCUPIED AS A STORE ALMOST COINCIDENT WITH THE FOUNDING OF CAMP UNION IN 1861. IT WAS TAKEN OVER BY MARTIN ARENZ FOR A BREWERY AND OPERATED UNTIL AFTER 1880. IT ENDED UP AS A RENTAL HALL AND WAS RAZED IN 1952. BUT FOR NINETY YEARS IT WAS CALLED THE SUTTERVILLE BREWERY. IT WAS SUTTERVILLES LAST REMAINING BUILDING.

DEDICATED BY THE ANCIENT & HONERABLE ORDER OF E CLAMPUS VITUS
NEW HELVETIA CHAPTEER NO.5
AUGUST 6 1983       

                                                         ( LOCATED AT 1250 SUTTERVILLE ROAD)

Location: near 8250 Freeport Blvd, Sacramento, CA 95832
38°27’26.9″N 121°30’03.6″W
38.457483, -121.501000

IN 1863 A TEN MILE LONG SHORT LINE WAS BUILT FROM BRIGHTON STATION ON THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY RR TO THIS HERE SPOT. IT WAS CALLED “FREEPORT” BECAUSE IT AVOIDED THE HIGH CHARGES FOR LANDING FREIGHT AND PASSENGERS AT THE SACRAMENTO CITY EMBARCADERO. THE SHORT LINE BECAME A POPULAR SHORT CUT TO THE “WASHOE” MINES. CENTRAL PACIFIC RR BOUGHT THE LINE IN 1865 AND REMOVED THE TRACKS IN 1866 TO ELIMINATE COMPETITION.

A SHORT LIVED SHORT CUT SHORT LINE
NEW HELVETIA CHAPTER NO 5 E CLAMPUS VITUS
AUGUST 2, 1969

REDEDICATED IN MEMORY OF LARRY HARRISON
SEPT 8, 1908-DEC 13, 2001
XNGH #13 ECV CHAPTER #5

( Located on Freeport Blvd, North of Freeport Bridge)

Located at 38° 23.774′ N, 121° 22.768′ W. Marker is in Elk Grove, California, in Sacramento County. Marker is on East Stockton Road, on the right when traveling north. Marker is located at the entrance to the parking area for the Elk Grove Hotel and Stage Stop Museum, adjacent to the west entrance to the Elk Grove Community Park.

OLD ELK GROVE 

“JUST WEST OF THIS POINT”

STARTED AT JAMES HALL’S HOTEL IN 1860 (AN OUTSTANDING BRICK BUILDING DESTROYED BY THE FREEWAY) ON UPPER STOCKTON ROAD AND MOVED A MILE NORTH TO JAMES BUSHNER’S RANCH A FEW YEARS LATER. THE TOWN MOVED TO ITS PRESENT SITE ON THE RAILROAD IN THE 1870’S.

NEW HELVETIA CHAPTER NO 5, E CLAMPUS VITUS
MARCH 9, 1968

( LOCATED WEST SIDE OF ELK GROVE PARK IN MUSEUM PARKING LOT)

Located at 4^th and J st, California Fruit Building
1006 4th St #10, Sacramento, CA 95814

IN THE STREET AT THE CORNER OF FOURTH AND J ON AUG.14, 1850 SETTLERS WERE CONFRONTED BY THE MAYOR AND THE SHERIFF. THE FATALITIES THAT DAY AND THE NEXT ENDED

THE SQUATTERS RIOTS
Harden Bigelow, Mayor                           James Maloney, Squatter
J.W. Woodland, Assessor                         Jesse Morgan. Squatter
Joseph McKinney, Sheriff                    Three Others, Squatters

Plaque Placed by New Helvetia Chapter No. 5
E Clampus Vitus on Aug. 7, 1982

(located at the corner of 4^th and J Streets)

38° 34.965′ N, 121° 29.57′ W. Marker is in Sacramento, California, in Sacramento County. Marker is on H Street, on the left when traveling east. Marker is at or near this postal address: 925 H Street, Sacramento CA 95814, United States of America.

THIS PLACE WAS BUILT IN 1884 AS A HOME FOR L. WILLIAMS A FLOWER MERCHANT. THE STRUCTURE IS PRIMARILY STICK STYLE, WITH SOME BAROQUE AND SECOND EMPIRE INFLUENCE WHICH LASTED INTO THE 1880 VICTOREAN ERA.
IT WAS MOVED ABOUT FORTY FEET WEST IN 1907, AND SINCE 1908, HAS BEEN A PLACE OF BUSINESS.

DEDICATED AUG.5, 1978
NEW HELVITEA CHAPTER NO. 5
E CLAMPUS VITUS

(LOCATED AT 10^TH AND H STREETS)

38° 34.978′ N, 121° 30.064′ W. Marker is in Sacramento, California, in Sacramento County. Marker is located in the courtyard of the Ping Yuen Center, across from the AMTRAK Station. 

CENTRAL PACIFIC’S OTHER BIG FOUR

WHEN THE TASK OF BUILDING THE CPRR LINE OVER THE SIERRA PROVED TOO MUCH FOR THE IRISH, CHINESE LABORERS FROM KWANTUNG TOOK OVER. CALLED TZE YAP OR FOUR DISTRICTS MEN, THEIR HARD WORK AND PERSERVERANCE EARNED THEM THE NICKNAME OF ‘CHOLLY CLOCKERS PETS’.

NEW HELVETIA NO. 5, E CLAMPUS VITUS
May 10, 1969

(Located in Chinatown Plaza, Sacramento)

38° 34.942′ N, 121° 30.316′ W. Marker is in Sacramento, California, in Sacramento County. Marker can be reached from the intersection of K Street and Commonwealth Avenue.

THE LADY ADAMS BUILDING

BUILT IN 1852 BY THE LADY ADAMS MERCANTILE CO. NAMED AFTER THE BRIG WHICH BROUGHT THE PARTNERS AROUND THE HORN. SHE HAS SURVIVED FIRES, FLOOD AND BEING LIFTED ONE STORY. SHE HAS SERVED MERCHANTS, BANKERS AND AS A “ROOMING HOUSE” AND HAS BEEN FLAT BUSTED MORE THAN ONCE. THE ONLY SURVIOR OF THE FIRE OF NOV. 1852. SHE WAS NAMED CALIFORNIA HISTORICAL LANDMARK NO. 603 ON MAY 22, 1957 BEFORE WE GOT AROUND TO IT.

E CLAMPUS VITUS
NEW HELVETIA No. 5
Aug.7, 1976

(located at the corner of K St and Firehouse Alley)