 This site is dedicated to ECV Downie Chapter #1849's pontifications on California's golden history.
Birthplace and Cradle of Clamperdom  ************************************************************************************************************************************ What the Redivivus founders had in mind for the preservation of our historic fraternal organization  See other events, 4-Skin Doins, Widder's Ball, etc. ... Pictures  Downie Chapter Historical Archives Read about our Chapter's history that precedes Carl Wheat! See examples of Clamper memorabilia, a working Stamp Mill, the blunder-busket, Sword of Justice, Adam Lee Moore, the 1st woman clamper and more... Humbug's ExpoundingThe Major William Downie Chapter 1849
E Clampus Vitus Our new Humbug - 2011-2012  Nobel Grand Humbug - Art Rowe
Satisfactory! Chapter 1849 Events - 2012 Widder's Ball - May 4-Skin II Doins - MaySpring Doins - June Fall Doins - Downieville - August Candle Light Doins - Downieville - November D'ville Scuttlebutt Downie Chapter Response to Grand Council Lots of folks don’t know what to make of the Clampers today, but Carl Wheat, one of the founders of the revived Order back in the thirties, put it well when he described E Clampus Vitus as "the comic strip on the page of California history" Ssh - site is always under construction!
 Easy to remember... hard to forget
Credo Quia Absurdum
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Major William Downie Chapter No. 1849 __________ Home of the Real Clampers |
 4-Skin II May 18-20 2012 |
