10/17/2008
10/17/2008
8/3/2014
Landmark information
- Location:
On State Hwy 49 (PM 31.3), 0.2 mi N of Pilot Hill - Plaque:
Official State Plaque - Site:
Existing - Date First Visited:
2/29/1996 - Date Most Recently Visited:
8/3/2014 - GPS Coordinates:
N 38 50.599, W 121 0.895
About this landmark
Plaque text:
California's First Grange Hall
Pilot Hill Grange No. 1, of 29 charter members: Master, F.D. Brown; Secretary, A.J. Bayley. Was organized August 10, 1870. The Grange Hall dedicated at this site November 23, 1880, was built by Alcander A. Bayley.
Note
According to his great great granddaughter, the Master was P.D. "Knickerbocker" Brown, not F.D. Brown