THE ANCIENT AND HONORABLE
ORDER OF

E Clampus Vitus

 MATUCA Chapter 1849

 
Name of Plaque Ferretti Shrine

Location of Plaque, Highway / Road No., City and County North end of Moccasin Creek Road, Tuolumne County

Explain the Design of the Plaque and Base Black granite plaque on boulder, trimmed with rock

Date of Dedication June 3, 1995

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

Exact Wording of Plaque

Ferretti Shrine

THE SHRINE WAS BUILT FOR MOCCASIN CREEK PIONEER GUISEPPE FERRETTI BY HIS NEIGHBOR JOSEPH CAVAGNARO IN 1884. THE ROADSIDE SHRINE, BELIEVED TO BE THE ONLY OF ITS KIND ALONG HWY. 49, WAS REMINISCENT OF THE KIND FOUND ALONG ROADSIDES IN ITALY. TRAVELERS WOULD STOP TO REST AND MEDITATE AND RE-FRESH THEMSELVES WITH THE COOL SPRING WATER THAT WAS PIPED FROM A NEARBY SPRING. A NICHE WAS BUILT TO HOLD A STATUE OF ST. JOSEPH, BUT REMAINED EMPTY OVER THE YEARS.
DEDICATED BY MATUCA CHAPTER 1849 E CLAMPUS VITUS JUNE 3, 1995 -6000-
CREDO QUIA ABSURDUM
T.C.H.S. LANDMARK # 2 -1971

 

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.