
Author Archives: Sparks


2017 Dart Tournament at Phat Chads

2017 Spring Doins

The Viking’s Watering Hole
Location: Gene “The Viking” Jenkin’s House
Dedicated February 20, 6025




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



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




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




Old Elk Grove “Just West of This Point” Plaque
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.


The Squatters Riots Plaque
Located at 4th and J st, California Fruit Building
1006 4th St #10, Sacramento, CA 95814


First Transcontinental Railroad-Western Base of the Sierra Nevada Plaque
Located at Haggin Oaks Golf Complex
3645 Fulton Ave, Sacramento, CA 95821
38°38’03.0″N 121°24’10.2″W

How Covid-19 ruined my 6025
“Oh where oh where did my clamp year go” I sing to myself and I can’t help but think how plans and life change so quickly.
It started off strong with Emperor Norton Day with YB1, Gold Discovery Doins with James Marshall #49, the Bean feed with Lord Sholto Douglas #3, and Growlersberg #86’s VFW Doins. Everything was poised to be an epic Clamp Year….. but then COVID-19 brought it all to a screeching halt. One week before our own 1841 John Sutter Doins the state shut down and thus so did clamping.
Everyone thought it would blow over before the next doins. Weeks went by and chapter after chapter cancelled their events. Chapters with events scheduled months out still held out hope that it would clear up. 7-11 Pair-O-Dice managed to pull off their June doins. It looked like we might be getting back to business, but it wasn’t to be. California chapters were still shut down.
If I wanted to Clamp I had to leave California, so I did. I managed to attend Julia C Bulette #1864 in Virginia City, Nevada in July. It was a great time and I thought maybe I’ll get some more in soon. But unfortunatly I didn’t have the budget to travel to Montana, Idaho, or Colorado. Local California chapters were still cancelled due to venue or safety concerns.
As I sit here mid August thinking about all of the great doins that did not happen I can only hope that there are some more that still make it. Lassen-Loomis #1914 has a mid September doins scheduled in Anderson CA, and there are multiples coming up in Nevada. Maybe the budget will let me travel to one of them.
Unfortunately John Sutter 1841 had to cancel our October 2-4 doins in Woodland Ca. due to the venue not being available.
I miss my Brothers and can’t wait to see you all again.
P.S. – F@#K COVID-19
P.P.S – F@#k 2020
Paul “Sparks” Laue
JAS1841 XNGH #8, DB #185

Fugitt Plaque
Located at Liberty Cemetery, Liberty Road Galt, CA 95632





Yolo County Courthouse Plaque
Located at 521 C St. West Sacramento CA 95605










The Gibson House Plaque
Located at 512 Gibson Rd. Woodland CA 95695
Dedicated at the 1841 Charter Doins









I.D.E.S. Portuguese Hall
Located at 54113 S River Rd. Clarksburg, Ca 95612






VFW Post 8762 Plaque
Located at 905 Drever St. West Sacramento CA 95691








Elkhorn Station Plaque
Located at the Elkhorn Saloon – 18398 Old River Rd, West Sacramento, CA 95691




Folsom Institute Plaque

