Located at the corner of Sutter St. and Reading St.
Folsom CA
38.675638, -121.180254
38°40’32.3″N 121°10’48.9″W

FOLSOM CITY

IN 1827 “BIBLE TOTIN” JED SMITH CAMPED HERE. IN 185O THESE DIGGINS BECAME KNOWN AS NEGRO BAR, THEN NAMED GRANITE CITY, AFTER THE ROCKS, AND IN 1855 JOSEPH FOLSOM LENT HIS NAME TO THIS FAIR CITY.

 ALSO IN 1855 FOLSOM HIRED THEODORE “CRAZY” JUDAH TO LAY OUT A ROUTE FOR THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY RAILROAD BETWEEN SACRAMENTO AND FOLSOM, THE FOOTHILL METROPOLIS. JUDAH LATER SURVEYED AND PLANNED THE ROUTE FOR THE CENTRAL PACIFIC OVER THE SIERRA NEVADA.

 IN 1868 FOLSOM PRISON WAS STARTED AND OPENED IN 1880. IN ITS DAY IT WAS HAILED AS A MODEL PRISON AND WAS THE FIRST TO LIGHT WITH ELECTRICITY.

WE HEARBY DECLARE JOSEPH FOLSOM AN HONORARY CLAMPER AND DEDICATE THIS PLAQUE TO HIS MEMORY.

PLAQUE PLACED BY NEW HELVETIA
CHAPTER #5 E CLAMPUS VITUS ON
AUGUST 8, 1981 AND SO RECORDED

Location unknown possibly in West Sacramento

NUEVA FLANDRIA ?

JAN DE SWART CAME WEST IN BIDWELL PARTY IN 1841. JUAN DE SWART CLAIMED A MEXICAN LANDGRANT “NUEVA FLANDRIA” IN 1844 ON THE WEST BANK OF THE SACRAMENTO. SOLD LAND WHERE WASHINGTON (BRODRICK) WAS BUILT. JOHN SCHWARTZ DIED IN 1851. COURTS LATER FOUND THE GRANT NEVER EXISTED.

NEW HELVETIA CHAPTER NO. 5
E CLAMPUS VITUS
AUGUST 3, 1974

LOCATED ON FIREHOUSE #3 AT 1215 19^TH STREET
1215 19th St, Sacramento, CA 95811

THE FIRST HUNDRED YEARS ARE THE HARDEST

WHEN SACRAMENTO BOUGHT STEAM PUMPERS, THE VOLUNTEERS COULDN’T KEEP THEIR STEAM? UP SO THEY HIRED PROFESSIONAL FIREMEN. SINCE MARCH 30, 1872 SACRAMENTO PAID FIREMAN HAVE ALWAYS BEEN FIRST TO RESPOND TO ANY CRISIS.

NEW HELVETIA CHAPTER NO. 5
E CLAMPUS VITUS
AUGUST 5 1972

located in lobby of Delta King in Old Sacramento
1000 Front St, Sacramento, CA 95814

LONG LIVE THE KING
Nov 15, 1969

WITH DRIVE IN HER STERN AND A HEAVE IN HER BOW,
SHE’S A QUEEN TO ALL CLAMPERS. MAY SHE ALWAYS
HAVE POLISHED WORKS AND A CLEAN BOTTOM.
NEW HELVETIA NO. 5 E CLAMPUS VITUS

(SMALL PLAQUE)

THIS PLAQUE PUT HERE AUG 3, 1996 BY NEW HELVITA CHAP #5,  E CLAMPUS VITUS,
TIMOTHY P. DONOHAE NGH IN MEMORY OF “THE JOLY HAWKER” CHUCK FARLEY 1910-1991

5990 H St, Sacramento, CA 95819
LOCATED BEHIND FIREHOUSE IN RIVER PARK AT CARLSON AND H STREETS
38.567658447776964, -121.42788327053466

“HOBOKEN AND THIS IS NO JOKIN“

HOBOKEN A TENT TOWN IN THIS AREA BEGAN IN EARLY JANUARY 1853 AFTER FLOODS HAD HALTED BUSINESS IN SACRAMENTO CITY. RIVER STEAMERS LANDED HERE AND HUNDREDS OF TEAMS LOADED SUPPLIES FOR THE MINING CAMPS. AN ELECTION HELD WITH 1000 ELECTORS PRODUCED 1757 BALLOTS. THE MAGNOLIA SALOON WAS CITY HALL.  BY MID – FEBRUARY 1853 HOBOKEN WAS ABANDONED AS THE WATER RECEEDED IN SACRAMENTO CITY.
IT IS A HIGH POINT IN SACRAMENTO HISTORY

NEW HELVETIA CHAPTER NO. 5 E CLAMPUS VITUS
AUGUST 3 1968

(LOCATED IN SIDEWALK APPROX. 322 1^ST STREET, BETWEEN MAIN AND COURT STREETS, WOODLAND)

SITE OF FIRST POST OFFICE
AND STORE IN WOODLAND
1861
FRANK S. FREEMAN
PROP.

PLAQUE DEDICATED JUNE 10, 1964 A.D. BY 
WOODLAND CONTINGENT   E CLAMPUS VITUS

(Located at Lakeside Way and Folsom Dam Road, Folsom)
200 Lakeside Way Folsom CA 95630
38.7056001167025, -121.17223552093913

THE SACRAMENTO, PLACER AND NEVADA RAILROAD RIGHT OF WAY

HERE YOU SEE THE RIGHT OF WAY OF THE SACRAMENTO, PLACER AND NEVADA RAILROAD. IT WAS DESIGNED BY THEODORE DEONE JUDAH (MARCH 4, 1826- NOVEMBER 2, 1863) AS CHIEF ENGINEER. CONCEIVED IN 1854 AND CONSTRUCTED IN 1861, IT RAN ABOUT THIRTEEN MILES FROM FOLSOM TO WILDWOOD, STARTING IN SEPTEMBER 1862. IT CEASED OPERATION IN LATE 1864.

IT WAS NEVER LONG ENOUGH TO FULFILL JUDAH’S DREAM OF A CONTINENTAL PACIFIC RAILWAY AND ITS GUAGE WAS THREE AND ONE HALF INCHES TO WIDE.

NEW HELVETIA CHAPTER #5
E CLAMPUS VITUS
AUGUST 2 1975

(Located at Lakeside Way and Folsom Dam Road, Granite Bay)

Location: Dai Loy Museum in Locke
13951 Main St
Walnut Grove, CA 95690

38°15’01.4″N 121°30’34.5″W
38.250387, -121.509584

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)

Located at 521 C St. West Sacramento CA 95605

YOLO COUNTY COURTHOUSE

AROUND HERE SOMEPLACE WAS ALMOST YOLO COUNTY’S FIRST COURTHOUSE. IT WAS HERE TWICE FROM 1851 TO 1857 AND FROM 1861 TO 1863 WHEN IT WAS STOLEN PERMANENTLY BY THE “HIGHBINDERS” IN WOODLAND.
SO BE IT

NEW HELVETIA CHAPTER #5 E CLAMPUS VITUS
MARCH 21, 1970

REMOUNTED BY
JOHN A SUTTER #1841
IN CONJUNCTION WITH
YERBA BUENA #1
E CLAMPUS VITUS
OCTOBER 2011

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

THE GIBSON HOUSE

WILLIAM BYAS GIBSON CAME TO CALIFORNIA FROM MISSOURI BY MULE TRAIN IN 1850 AT THE AGE OF 19. IN 1856 HE STARTED CONSTRUCTION OF THE GIBSON HOUSE WHICH BECAME THE NUCLEUS OF HIS SUBSQUENT 3,000 ACRE ESTATE. HE MARRIED MARY COOK AND THEY HAD 3 SONS. THE FAMILY SPECIALIZED IN RAISING CATTLE AND LARGE SCALE FARMING. THE GIBSON FAMILY PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN THE AGRICULTURAL AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF YOLO COUNTY.

DEDICATED APRIL 2014 (6019)
THE ANCIENT AND HONORABLE ORDER OF E CLAMPUS VITUS
JOHN A SUTTER CHAPTER #1841
IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE YOLO COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM
CREDO QUE ABSURDUM 

(LOCATED 512 GIBSON ROAD. WOODLAND)

Located at 54113 S River Rd. Clarksburg, Ca 95612

I.D.E.S PORTUGUESE HALL

PORTUGUESE PIONEERS CAME TO THE FREEPORT/CLARKSBURG AREA IN THE 1850’S TO FISH AND FARM ALONG THE SACRAMENTO RIVER BANKS TURNING A CHAOTIC SWAMP INTO SOME OF CALIFORNIAS MOST FERTILE LAND. THE I.D.E.S. HALL WAS BUILT IN 1893 FOR “THE FESTA DO ESPIRTO SANTO” CELEBRATION “FESTIVAL OF THE HOLY SPIRIT” WHICH TAKES PLACE HERE EVERY YEAR ON TRINITY SUNDAY.

DEDICATED APRIL 6018 (2013) BY JOHN A SUTTER #1841
IN CONJUNCTION WITH YERBA BUENA #1
ANCIENT AND HONORABLE ORDER OF E CLAMPUS VITUS
CREDO QUIA ABSURDUM  

(54113 S. RIVER RD, CLARKSBURG)

Located at 905 Drever St. West Sacramento CA 95691

VFW POST 8762

This building was constructed at Camp Beale in 1942 as an Officers Recreation Hall. The hall was purchased by members of VFW Post 8762 in 1948 and moved in pieces to this location. The Veterans of the Post took on the arduous task of reassembling the structure at its current location. Proudly it still stands as an edifice for all veterans.

Dedicated 2016 (CY6021) by the
Ancient and Honorable Order of
E Clampus Vitus John A Sutter Chapter 1841

Credo Quia Absurdum 

(located at 905 Drever St, West Sacramento)

Located at Elder Creek Cemetery 7201 Elder Creek Road Sacramento, California 95824

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

ELKHORN  STATION

Near this site in 1887 Swiss born Frank Linggi and family established a dairy and built a large two-story hotel with saloon and residence which served overland and river travelers for the next 20 years.  The building prominently displayed the horns of the fourteen-point elk he had shot as it swam across the nearby river, helping to set the name “Elkhorn” to the family business and area forever.

Dedicated 2018 (CY6023) by the
Ancient and Honorable Order of
E Clampus Vitus, Johann A Sutter Chapter 1841

Credo Quia Absurdum

(LOCATED IN FOLSOM CITY LIONS PARK NEAR THE LIBRARY AND ZOO)
38.68266125278897, -121.16697453428925

FOLSOM INSTITUTE

“EDUCATION DOTH NOT A SCOLAR MAKE”
NEAR HERE WAS THE FIRST AND ONLY COLLEGE EVER IN FOLSOM. IT LASTED TWO YEARS (1858-60),THEN CLOSED FOR LACK OF STUDENTS. FOLKS PROBABLY FIGURED THEY WERE SMART ENOUGH (?). IT WAS A NOBLE TRY – TOO BAD!

DEDICATED IN HONOR OF THE CLASS OF ‘60
NEW HELVETIA CHAPTER #5 E CLAMPUS VITUS
AUGUST 1, 1970 

(LOCATED IN FOLSOM CITY PARK NEAR THE LIBRARY AND ZOO)