THE ANCIENT AND HONORABLE
ORDER OF
E Clampus Vitus
MATUCA Chapter 1849
Name of Plaque Mt. Buckingham School
Location of Plaque, Highway / Road No., City and County Corner of Darrah &
Triangle Roads, Mariposa County
Explain the Design of the Plaque and Base Black granite plaque mounted on a rock
base.
Date of Dedication April 13, 1996
Name of Dedicating Humbug NGH Doug Hinkley, E Clampus Vitus – Matuca Chapter
1849
Exact Wording of Plaque
Mt. Buckingham School
THIS SCHOOL WAS ORIGINALLY TWO STORIES AND WAS BUILT IN GEORGETOWN ABOUT 1878.
AT THAT TIME IT WAS CALLED THE SNOW CREEK SCHOOL. SPACE WAS LIMITED SO THE
SCHOOL WAS DISMANTLED AND MOVED TO A LARGER SITE IN 1910. THE LAND WAS DONATED
BY RICHARD DARRAH A LOCAL MERCHANT WHO ALSO RAN THE POST OFFICE. MANY STUDENTS
HELPED WITH THE LABOR. MT BUCKINGHAM, NAMED AFTER A RESIDENT, WAS WITHIN VIEW OF
THE NEW SITE SO THE SCHOOL THEN BECAME MT. BUCKINGHAM SCHOOL. AT ONE TIME, A
DUEL TOOK PLACE AT THE SCHOOL. A MR. QUIMBY ACCUSED DICK SMITHERS OF STEALING
HIS SOW. THE ARGUMENT WAS FOLLOWED BY GUNFIRE, RESULTING IN THE DEATH OF
SMITHERS. MARY PRISLEY WAS THE TEACHER WHO HELD TE LAST CLASS IN 1953. SINCE
THEN THE BUILDING HAS BEEN CALLED DARRAH SCHOOL AND USED FOR COMMUNITY EVENTS.
MANY LOCAL RESIDENTS ATTENDED THIS SCHOOL. RENOVATION WAS DONE IN 1995-1996, BY
THE MARIPOSA KIWANIS CLUB.
DEDICATED BY MATUCA CHAPTER 1849 E CLAMPUS VITUS
APRIL 13, 1996 (6001)
CREDO QUIA ABSURDUM
State of California
Department of Parks and Recreation
Office of Historical Preservation
Submitted by Skip Skyrud, Historian - ECV Matuca Chapter 1849