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Butte Valley Museum &

Historical Society

Butte Valley Museum &

Historical Society

SOCIETY BOARD MEMBERS - 2009

Sylvia Copeland, President

Skip Taylor, Vice-President

Donna Orson, Secretary

Flo Eddy, Treasurer

Lori Blakeney

Patti Cacka-Williams

Rennie Cleland

Bob Edgar Sr.

Pete Johns

Engine # 2501 of the Southern Pacific line, the first train to arrive in Dorris, California, pulled in on April 21, 1908.

Dorris, California 96023

SOCIETY MISSION STATEMENT

The Butte Valley Museum and Historical Society objective is to recognize and preserve the history of the Butte Valley area and to display and interpret to the public, historical items related to the area.

The Society is organized and operated exclusively for charitable purposes within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. (Refer to Articles of Incorporation dated 12/10/89.)

MEETINGS AND MEMBERSHIPS

You are invited to attend our meetings, held, during the winter, each month on the fourth Friday at 9:30 a.m. We meet at the Baptist Church multipurpose room, 133 North Main Street, Dorris, CA. Everyone is welcome to attend.

Dues to maintain an annual membership in the Society are $10. Anyone interested in contributing $500 or more is entitled to a lifetime membership, which includes all membership rights.

4TH OF JULY - 2010

Check out plans for the next Butte Valley Old-Fashioned 4TH OF JULY Community Celebration to be held Sunday, July 4th, 2010, at the City Hall Park and the Little League Complex in Dorris, California. Plans are already underway for the July 4 event. Photos of a past parade and flag raising are available on the Dorris Lions Club Web site.

The National Bell Ringing Ceremony, sponsored by our society, will be held again this year, 11:00 a.m. sharp, at the City Hall Park.

The Butte Valley Society will sponsor a food booth, selling hot dogs, ice cream sundaes, lemonade and iced tea. We

still have a few of the Siskiyou Pioneer - Dorris Edition booklets published last year to commemorate the Dorris Centennial. They are $17 each, plus postage and handling. Contact Sylvia Copeland if you are interested.

Site maintained by Rocky Ridge Specialties. Last modified January 8, 2010.

WELCOME to our site. . .

We invite you to come here often to see new activities being planned. Please be sure to follow our links below for information about the Butte Valley Old-Fashioned 4TH OF JULY celebration and National Bell Ringing Ceremony we hold annually with other local organizations!

This year festivities are planned to include your whole family. Bring the kids and enjoy the entire day.

Follow our links below for details of the Butte Valley Old-Fashioned 4th of July Community Celebration. It will be held at the City Hall Park and the Little League Complex in Dorris, California.

We hope you, your family and your friends will join us for this patriotic day of community fun and friendship. Everyone who attended last year enjoyed a wonderful time. Plan to make Butte Valley your vacation destination!

A Centennial Wall was built two years ago, which will serve as the foundation of a metal sculpture depicting the 100-year history of Dorris. Dorris celebrated its centennial during the Fourth of July weekend, 2008.

A Memorial Mural Wall was planned and started to raise funds to finance the project. You are invited to participate.....Consider designing a tile for you or your family members to record some of your family history or to honor someone connected to Butte Valley. For information about designing and purchasing a tile for the historic wall, see PermaCut.com, one of our Butte Valley businesses.