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Sutter Hill was the site of the establishment of Amador County in 1854. [3] The Botto family established an estate on Sutter Hill in 1860 and lived there for five generations; other Italian families in the area established the Italian Benevolent Society of Amador County to support local miners.
On December 31, 1898, the Society purchased a property on F Street in Colma for the new Italian Cemetery; since then, it has expanded to both sides of F Street, covering 35 acres (14 ha) in total. [5]: 94 John (Giovanni) Fugazi, a prominent San Francisco banker, sponsored a monument for the new cemetery, selecting a design by Zocchi. [6]
8 Italian. 9 Polish. 10 Rusyn. 11 Slovak. 12 Serb. 13 Slovene. 14 South Slav. 15 Ukrainian. ... Bohemian Citizens' Benevolent Society Founded 1892 Czech-Slovak ...
One of the first societies they organized with other Slavonians was the Slavonian Illyrian Benevolent Society of San Francisco in 1857. A branch of this society, one of many branches in California, was established in Sutter Creek, California in 1872. The Sutter Creek branch erected a lodge building on the society's property in 1874.
The fire roared through the building on Sutter Creek’s historic Main Street early Friday. Early morning blaze guts historic Sutter Creek restaurant. No injuries reported
Sutter Creek (formerly spelled Sutter's Creek and Suttercreek; [11] formerly named Suttersville [12]) is a city in Amador County, California, United States. The population was 2,501 at the 2010 census, up from 2,303 at the 2000 census. It is accessible via State Route 49.
A friendly society or benefit society is a voluntary association formed to provide mutual aid, benefit, for instance insurance for relief from sundry difficulties. These groups are also known as a fraternal benefit society, fraternal benefit order, or mutual aid organization. Following is an incomplete list of these societies and orders.
Two years later in 1882, at the initiative of Mr. Oreste Badio (a prominent member of the Italian colony), the "Italian Benevolent Society" was established in order to help the countrymen affected by disease or who needed some kind of help, with an initial membership of 37 persons.