THE ANCIENT AND HONORABLE
ORDER OF

E Clampus Vitus

 MATUCA Chapter 1849

Name of Plaque Board's Crossing

Location of Plaque, Highway / Road No., City and County Stanislaus NF Rd 5N76 at Stanislaus River, Calaveras County

Explain the Design of the Plaque and Base Black granite plaque mounted on a rock base.

Date of Dedication September 9, 1995

Name of Dedicating Humbug NGH Darryl Hanson, E Clampus Vitus ? Matuca Chapter 1849
 

Exact Wording of Plaque

Board's Crossing

BOARD?S CROSSING WAS FIRST USED AS A CATTLE CROSSING IN THE EARLY 1870?S. BROTHERS DAVID AND WILLIAM BOARD MOVED HERE FROM MISSOURI IN 1854. THEY SETTLED IN SALT SPRING VALLEY AND RAISED CATTLE. THIS SHALLOW FORD ACROSS THE RIVER WAS A FAVORITE WITH LOCAL RANCHERS AS THE CATTLE WERE MOVED TO THE MOUNTAINS EACH SUMMER. THE FAMILY BUILT THEIR SMALL CABIN HERE, WHICH STILL STANDS. THE BOARDS CONTINUED THIS OPERATION FOR NEARLY 30 YEARS THEN SOLD TO THE PIONEER FAMILY NICHOLS IN 1906.
DEDICATED BY MATUCA CHAPTER 1849 E CLAMPUS VITUS
SEPT. 9, 1995 (6000)
CREDO QUIA ABSURDUM

 

State of California
Department of Parks and Recreation
Office of Historical Preservation
Submitted by Skip Skyrud, Historian - ECV Matuca Chapter 1849
 

Revision Update by Shatoewe: January 29, 2008.