Fun Fact #33 Tre Lightening Tooth Extractor (a traveling dentist) was in town several days in October 1884 "doing a rushing business."
Cultural   • Antique Treasures • Art in Public Places • Butte County Brew • Open Studios Art Tour Historical Outdoors   Attractions Accommodations Transportation Information Calendar of Events Contact Us		Cultural: Art in Public Places Butte County is home to numerous murals and public art pieces. Chico public art program leads the pack with: “Our Hands” (Donna Billick terrazzo sculpture); “Compound History-Compound Images (Lynn Criswell mixed media & oils on panels); “Chico Foothills” (Elizabeth Devereaux stained glass); “Salem Street Art Walls” (Dayton Claudio cast fiberglass, acrylic paint); “Skaters’ Gate” (Eddy Martinez-Hood steel gate); “The Century of Flight” (Susan Larsen & Patrick Collentine concrete sandblasted sidewalk); “Downtown Kaleidescope” (Jesus Rameriz digital collage). A new project, featuring 15-foot basalt columns will be completed this summer (John Young design). Oroville’s Heritage Murals include such highlights as “Ishi-Last of the Yahi” – in memory of the last Native American to walk out of the wild in Oroville in 1911; and “Oregon City Bridge” a California Registered Historical Landmark. Gridley also has an impressive collection of murals, highlighted by “Swans,” which honors the bird story of this fine small town. More than a million ducks, 100,000 geese and thousands of other types of bird life fly through annually. To order a guide with mural locations, call the local chambers of commerce at: Chico – (800) 852-8570 Oroville – (800) 655-GOLD Gridley – (530) 538-2542
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