Butler History Murals

1806 15 Ms. South of Butler

Explorer Zebulon Pike Parley

With Osage Chief

1863 Burning of Butler by Order No. 11

During the Civil War

Where the Civil War Began

Brother Against Brother

Post Civil War Reconstruction

[Mural Depicts Local Civil War Events]

Keep the Pioneer Spirit

1717 Claude Dutisne

1804 ...

Colebrook Veterans Memorial

In Memory Of

Those Who Died In The

Service Of Our Country

From

Colebrook, Conn.

Dedicated 1959

Marker is at the intersection of Colebrook Road and Smith Hill Road, on the right when traveling north on Colebrook Road.

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The Majestic Theatre

Built c1860

This building first housed Moore’s Music Hall (Victoria’s earliest existing theatre) upstairs, above Nathanial Moore’s dry goods store.

In 1885, a new facade was constructed to match the new building next door, with identical cast iron columns.

Various commercial uses followed, ...

Cannery Divers Memorial

Monterey's world-famous sardine industry depended on the courage and skill of cannery divers. Sardines were pumped ashore from floating hoppers through underwater pipes that had to be installed, repaired, replaced, realigned and maintained in order for the canneries of the ...

William Carey College

E. 1 mi. Founded 1906 as S. Miss. College. Operated by Bapt. as Miss. Woman's College 1911-40. Coeducational 1953. Name changed to honor William Carey, 18th century English missionary.

Marker is on Memorial Drive (U.S. 49) near Helveston Road.

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Shop/Warehouse

Built 1883

This two-story brick building in the Italianate style was one of several shop/warehouses in Victoria’s warehouse district. Originally occupied by W.J. Jeffree, pioneer clothier, the building later housed F.R. Stewart & Co. Provisioners.

The historic photograph shows boxes and local ...

Rowe Saw Mill

1865

In the 1860’s there were four saw mills in this area. This display, in honor of his founding fathers, is from the Tom Rowe Saw Mill, and displays how the mill works. The foreman stood in the cage and called ...

Population on the Rise

In 1880 about 200 people lived in the cities of Eau Gallie and Melbourne. Eau Gallie's population in 1886 was 50. By 1890 the combined population in and around the two settlements was 374, of which 187 actually lived within ...

Colebrook

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Colebrook

The last town in colonial Connecticut to be settled, Colebrook was named after a town in Devonshire, England. The reason is now unknown, The year 1765 saw Benjamin Horton, leader of a trickle of settlers, arrive amid virgin ...

Gasholder Building

In 1885, workers discovered an abundant supply of natural gas at Lawnfield and built a stone-and-brick gasholder building. A few years later, workers drilled a new 800-foot-deep gas well and, in 1893, reduced the gasholder building by one-half when building ...