What the heck is ECV & what is a Clamper anyway?
E Clampus Vitus and ECV are registered trademarks of E Clampus Vitus, Inc. and are used by expressed permission. All Rights are reserved. E Clampus Vitus is a non-profit, men’s fraternal organization, currently involved in humanitarian and public help programs while maintaining a steadfast program of historical preservation. The history of E Clampus Vitus involves an old organization of the same name, started in the Ol’ West’s gold rush era and revitalized about 1931 at the Clift Hotel in San Francisco and now encompassing Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Washington DC, and in the near future, Washington and Oregon States. The prime requisites to becoming a Clamper are a sense of humor, an interest in Western history, an open mind, and a cast iron stomach. If a man has those qualities, and strikes up a friendship with a Clamper or two, he may find himself taken in to (and by) the Ancient and Honorable Order. But one can’t simply walk up and say, “Can I be a Clam
