On September 2, 1885, a riot occurred in Rock Springs over labor and race disputes. As a result, 28 Chinese miners were killed and Chinatown was razed. Chinatown was located in front of you across Pilot Butte Avenue. The Chinese eventually returned and no one was prosecuted for the murders. Listed below are the names of the fallen Chinese. WE HONOR YOUR MEMORY Leo Sun Tsung Leo Kow Boot Yii See Yen Leo Dye Bah Chao Bah Quot Sia Bun Ning Leo Lung Hong Leo Chih Ming Liang Tsun Bong Hsu Ah Cheong Lor Han Lung Hoo Ah Nii Leo Tse Wing Leo Jew Foo Leo Tim Kwong Hung Qwan Chuen Tom He Yew Mar Tse Choy Leo Lung Siang Yip Ah Mam Leo Lung Hon Leo Lung Hor Leo Ah Tsun Leang Ding Leo Hoy Yat Yuen Chin Sing Hsu An Tseng Chun Quan Sing Submitted by Chi C.

Caister's Tavern c. 1845-1854 Caleb Caister Sr. came from England to Oxford County in 1833. In 1836 he settled on this site, cleared farmland and built a one-storey log building. This building was his family home but it also served as an inn and tavern. Until 1848, when what is now Tavistock was established, Caister's home was the only public accomodation in north-central Oxford County for pioneers moving along the Huron Road and thence southerly into the Zorra settlement. By the 1840's Caister held an official inn licence and a survey map of the time shows that his log dwelling was known in this locality as Caister's Tavern. Erected by the Tavistock Men's Club & Board of Trade in association with the Ontario Ministry of Culture and Recreation 1979 Submitted by: Alison Mitchell-Reid