E CLAMPUS VITUS CHAPTER 7-11 WAS GRANTED IT'S CHARTER IN 1966. SINCE THAT TIME WE HAVE GROWN TO BE ONE OF THE LARGEST AND MOST REVERED CHAPTERS IN ALL CLAMPERDOME. THE TERRITORY OF E.C.V. CHAPTER 7-11 IN THE SAME LINES AS BUTTE COUNTY, EXCEPT FOR EAST BIGGS.
E. CLAMPUS VITUS IS DEDICATED TO SAVING EARLY CALIFORNIA HISTORY AND PROTECTING THE WIDDERS AND ORPHANS, MORE ESPECIALLY THE WIDDERS. THROUGH OUT OUR DIGGINS' WE HAVE PRESENTED MARVELOUS ERECTIONS AT SITES OF HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE.
THE "CLAMPERS" ARE MOST VISIBLE DURING THE GOLD NUGGET DAYS CELEBRATION, (USUALLY THE 3RD WEEKEND OF APRIL IN PARADISE, CA.), ALTHOUGH WE CAN BE FOUND AT MANY OF THE WATERIN' HOLES THROUGH OUR DIGGINS.