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Colton Hall Completed

1849  COLTON HALL COMPLETED  Walter Colton, Alcalde of Monterey, completes the construction of Colton Hall with the aid of taxes on rum, fines for gambling, and the labor of jailed offenders....

1849 

COLTON HALL COMPLETED 

Walter Colton, Alcalde of Monterey, completes the 
construction of Colton Hall with the aid of taxes on rum, 
fines for gambling, and the labor of jailed offenders. It 
will be used as a public assembly hall and school.

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