Name of Plaque Standard Township
Location of Plaque, Highway / Road No., City and County 19040 Standard Road, Sonora, Tuolumne County
Explain the Design of the Plaque and Base Black granite plaque mounted on a rock base.
Date of Dedication September 12 , 1998
Name of Dedicating Humbug NGH Tom Tompkins, E Clampus Vitus – Matuca Chapter 1849
Exact Wording of Plaque
Standard Township
STARTING AS A MI-WUK VILLAGE, STANDARD WAS RANCH LAND DURING THE GOLD RUSH ERA,
WHEN THE MURDEROUS JIM LYONS LIVED HERE. IN 1909 XAVIER FASSLER SOLD HIS
567-ACRE DAIRY RANCH TO STANDARD LUMBER CO. BY THE 1920’ THE TOWN HAD BEEN SOLD
TO PICKERING LUMBER COMPANY AND STANDARD WAS A TYPICAL “COMPANY TOWN” ALL HOMES,
STORES, THE HOSPITAL, ETC. WERE OWNED BY PICKERING AND THE WORKERS WERE PAID IN
PICKERING SCRIPT. MEXICAN WORKERS LIVED IN A SECTION LABLED “LITTLE TIAJUANA”.
LOUSIANA PACIFIC FIBREBOARD CORP. AND SIERRA PACIFIC INDUSTRIES HAVE CONTINUED
MILL OPERATIONS AS THE TOWN DECLINED. THE LAST ORIGINAL HOMES WERE SOLD OR RAZED
IN 1975. THE COMMUNITY CHURCH (1915) AND THE MAIN OFFICE BUILDING (1924) WERE
RENOVATED IN 1998.
DEDICATED BY MATUCA CHAPTER 1849 E CLAMPUS VITUS
SEPT. 12, 1998 (6003)
CREDO QUIA ABSURDUM