Name of Plaque Westside Flume & Lumber Co.
Location of Plaque, Highway / Road No., City and County Tuolumne Rd, east of Standard in Toulumne County
Explain the Design of the Plaque and Base Black granite plaque mounted on base made of local rocks
Date of Dedication April 24, 2004
Name of Dedicating Humbug NGH Coyle Tracy, E Clampus Vitus – Matuca Chapter 1849
Exact Wording of Plaque
Westside Flume & Lumber Co. 1889- 1962
MAY 31, 1889 HENRY J. CROCKER, WELLINGTON GREGG, THOMAS BULLOCK AND CHARLES
GARDNER FORMED THE WESTIDE FLUME AND LUMBER COMPANY FOR A TOTAL COST OF
361,000.00 DOLLARS. THE MILL WAS BUILT AND BY THE END OF THE YEAR WAS IN
OPERATION AND BY 1900 WAS PRODUCING 18,000 BOARD FEET OF LUMBER PER DAY. IN 1925
WESTSIDE WAS SOLD TO PICKERING LUMBER CO. AND AFTER THE DEPRESSION IN 1934
WESTSIDE WAS BACK IN CONTROL AND CONTINUED TO OPERATE UNTIL APRIL 19, 1962 WHEN
A STRIKE AND A DEVESTATING FIRE SHUT THE MILL DOWN FOR THE LAST TIME.
DEDICATED BY MATUCA CHAPTER 1849 E CLAMPUS VITUS APRIL 24, 2004 -6009-
CREDO QUIA ABSURDUM