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Join us for the First
Farmers and Artisans Market Saturday, March 3, 2012 at the Depot!!
Our other historical site
that we maintain and protect, the Mt. Zion Historical Chapel
History lives thanks to the Burton
Heritage Society! The Burton Heritage Society was established in March of 1973 by
a group of citizens concerned about preserving and sharing the history of our community. There were 97 charter members. The
first project of the newly formed Society was the cleaning and restoration of the Mt. Zion Cemetery (Often referred to
as McNelly Cemetery). In following years the Society also restored the old Burton Bank building. In 1990 the Burton
Heritage Society returned the Burton Depot to almost its original location and restored the structure. Our organization is still going strong and we continue to actively maintain
and protect the historic Burton Railroad Depot and the Mt. Zion Historical Chapel. Both
of these sites are VITAL to history. The depot transports visitors to 1870 when Burton was a terminal on the Houston and Texas Central Railroad
while the cemetery honors some of the
earliest inhabitants. Mt. Zion Cemetery was designated a "Historic
Texas Cemetery" in December of 2006.
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