Outside Joaquin’s Territory

MOLLOY’S SPRINGS

(OLD BROOKSVILLE HOTEL)

BUILT BY PETER BROOKS IN 1883, SERVING
THE NEEDS OF TOURISTS, LOCAL CITIZENS,
MOURNERS, PARTYERS, CLAMPERS AND A HOST
OF OTHERS EVER SINCE.
DEDICATED JANUARY 15, 1983
BY
YERBA BUENA NO. 1 – JOAQUIN MURRIETA NO. 13
SAM BRANNAN NO. 1004 – MONTEREY VIEJO NO. 1846
MOUNTAIN CHARLIE NO. 1850
CHAPTERS OF THE
ANCIENT AND HONORABLE ORDER
OF
E CLAMPUS VITUS
AND SO RECORDED!

LOVE

HERE LIES CAPTAIN HARRY LOVE, WHO WITH A TROOP OF TWENTY OTHERS, ON JULY 25, 1853 ALLEGEDLY KILLED BANDITS JOAQUIN MURRIETA AND THREE FINGERED JACK NEAR ARROYO DE CANTUA, FRESNO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. BORN IN VERMONT, LOVE FIRST VISITED CALIFORNIA AS AN ARMY EXPRESS RIDER AND EXPLORER OF THE RIO GRANDE. LOVE ARRIVED IN SAN FRANCISCO IN DECEMBER OF 1850 AND TOOK RESIDENCE IN MARIPOSA COUNTY. HE WAS COMMISSIONED AS CAPTAIN OF THE CALIFORNIA RANGERS ON MAY 28, 1853 AND IN THE FOLLOWING YEAR MARRIED MARY MCSWAIN BENNETT OF SANTA CLARA. CAPTAIN HARRY LOVE DIED IN THE MISSION CITY ON JUNE 29, 1868 FROM A WOUND RECEIVED IN A GUNFIGHT WITH AN EMPLOYEE OF HIS THEN ESTRANGED WIFE.

ERECTED JUNE 29, 2003
MOUNTAIN CHARLIE #1850 & JOAQUIN MURRIETA #13
E CLAMPUS VITUS

PAUSE, TRAVELER
AND BE GRATEFUL TO
NORTON 1ST

Bummer                                                                                       Lazarus

EMPEROR OF THE UNITED STATES
PROTECTOR OF MEXICO, 1859 – 80
WHOSE PROPHETIC WISDOM
CONCEIVED AND DECREED THE
BRIDGING OF SAN FRANCISCO BAY
AUGUST 18, 1869

DEDICATED BY E CLAMPUS VITUS FEB 25, 1939

PLAQUE RE-LOCATED AND RE-DEDICATED ON THE 50TH
ANNIVERSARY OF THE BRIDGE ENVISIONED BY EMPEROR NORTON
AND SO RECORDED BY E CLAMPUS VITUS NOV. 11, 5991 (1986)
YERBA BUENA CHAPTER 1                  JOAQUIN MURRIETA CHAPTER 13

DAI LOY GAMBLING HALL
Dai Loy Museum
13951 Main St
Walnut Grove, CA

DAI LOY GAMBLING HALL
IN CHINESE, DAI LOY MEANS
“BIG WELCOME”

OPENED IN 1916 BY BING LEE, THIS GAMBLING HALL OPERATED UNTIL SACRAMENTO COUNTY OFFICIALS FORCED ITS DOORS TO CLOSE BY 1951,

AN OUTSIDE BENCH WAS SEATING FOR A LOOKOUT WHO COULD PUSH A SECRET BUTTON HIDDEN BELOW TO ALERT DEALERS INSIDE OF ANY APPROACHING POLICE RAIDS.

GAMES WERE PLAYED WITH COMMON HOUSEHOLD ITEMS LIKE BUTTONS AND TEACUPS SO CUSTOMERS WOULD NOT BE ACCUSED OF GAMBLING.

PAI GOW, FAN TAN, HIGH-LOW AND CHINESE LOTTERY WERE THE GAMES OF CHANCE POPULAR HERE. CHINESE LOTTERY WOULD BE LATER BE ADOPTED BY CASINOS AS THE GAME KENO.

DEDICATED MAY 8, 2022, C Y 6027
IN COOPERATION WITH THE LOCKE FOUNDATION
JOHN A. SUTTER CHAPTER 1841
JOAQUIN MURRIETA CHAPTER 13
YERBA BUENA #1
E CAMPUS VITUS

THE RYDE HOTEL
14340 Hwy 160
Walnut Grove, CA

THE RYDE HOTEL

THE FIRST RYDE HOTEL AND SALOON WAS BUILT
IN 1886 BY THE FOUR GIUSTI BROTHERS FROM LUCCA, ITALY.
IN 1911, A KITCHEN FIRE DESTROYED THE HOTEL AND MOST OF TOWN.
THE HOTEL WAS REBUILT WITH A SPEAKEASY, WHICH WAS RAIDED TWICE
IN 1923. THE AUTHORITIES POSTED A MISSPELLED CLOSURE SIGN FOR
ITS ILLEAGAL OPERATION DURING “PROHOBITION”.
IN 1927, OWNER MRS. SEVERINA GIANETTE WOULD RECONSRUCT THE
HOTEL WITH AN ART DECO STYLE. THE HOTEL OFFERED 50 ROOMS, A
BARBER SHOP, BEAUTY SALON AND A DOCK FOR GUESTS TRAVELING THE
SCENIC SACRAMENTO RIVER.

THE BASEMENT HOUSED THE SPEAKEASY WITH ILLICIT LIQUOR,
GAMBLING, DANCING GIRLS, AND CABARET JAZZ. A 150 FOOT SECRET
TUNNEL WAS DUG TO MOVE BOOTLEG LIQUOR FROM OUTBUILDINGS,
WHICH INCLUDED A DISTILLERY AND BORDELLO. ACCORDING TO MANY,
IT WAS THE PERFECT HIDEOUT FOR “HOLLYWOOD TYPES”.
THE ORIGINAL PEEPHOLE FOR THE SPEAKEASY DOOR CAN
STILL BE SEEN IN THE LOBBY TODAY.

DEDICATED DECEMBER 9, 2023/6028
BY JOHN A. SUTTER 1841
YERBA BUENA #1 AND JOAQUIN MURRIETA CHAPTER 13
THE ANCIENT ORDER AND HONORABLE ORDER OF
E CLAMPUS VITUS

CREDO QUIA ABSURDUM