ECV1850 Plaque:
Mountain Charlie
(Weaverville, CA)



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MOUNTAIN CHARLIE
CHARLES HENRY "MOUNTAIN CHARLIE" McKIERNAN, A NATIVE
OF IRELAND, MADE HIS FORTUNE AS A TEAMSTER NEAR THE
WEAVERVILLE MINES. BUSINESS WAS PROSPEROUS UNTIL THE
LOCAL NATIVES RAN "HIS MULES" OFF, FORCING HIM TO MOVE
TO SANTA CLARA COUNTY, WHERE HE CONTINUED HIS TEAMSTER
OPERATIONS AMONG HIS MANY OTHER VENTURES AND BECAME
THE "CELESTIAL" CLAMPATRIARCH OF THE ANCIENT AND
HONORABLE ORDER OF E CLAMPUS VITUS, MOUNTAIN CHARLIE
CHAPTER. HIS MOTTO: "RIGHT WRONGS NOBODY."
DEDICATED NOVEMBER 8, 1980,
TRINITARIANUS CHAPTER No. 62
AND PREVIOUSLY DEDICATED IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY
OCTOBER 11, 1980,
MOUNTAIN CHARLIE CHAPTER No. 1850
E CLAMPUS VITUS

Victorian Bar

Plaque is located at the intersection
of State Highways 3 and 299.
Weaverville.
Trinity County, CA.

GPS*
  Mountain Charlie  
  (Weaverville, CA)  
WGS84 Datum
N 40.73456°
W 122.94250°
*Approximate



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