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