Mural #4
Waterman Junction Becomes Barstow-1886 was painted in 2004 and was the 4th mural to be completed. It shows Barstow’s namesake, William Barstow Strong, and images which represent mining and the railroad. When the original Waterman Junction got a post office in 1886, it had to relinquish the name “Waterman” because there was already a town by that name on the postal route. So the community was renamed Barstow in Strong’s honor because he was the current executor of the Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe Railroa , the major employer in town. This was the first of the Mural-in a-Day project. It was designed and outlined by master artist Kathy Fierro and actually painted in one day with the help of 40 volunteers of all ages.

Location: 401 E. Main St. (Realty One)