Scouting Around Victoria

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Scouting Around Victoria is an All Ages Award from the Girl Scouts of Greater South Texas Council. This is a rocker that pairs with a white center from the council.

# Activities

**REQUIREMENTS FOR SCOUTING AROUND VICTORIA.**

Complete the starred activity (\*\*) and three additional activities to earn the patch.

* + 1. MEMORIAL SQUARE

Location & Contact Information: 402 N. De Leon St. Victoria, TX 77901
Phone: (361) 575-8227
Hours: Always open.
Admission: Admission is free.
What to do: Read the Texas Historical Marker and monuments. Include the granite monument located diagonally Northeast from the Memorial Square plaque.
Answer these questions:

1. When was the square laid out?

2. How was the square originally used?
3. Why did the city stop using this park for its original purpose?
4. What Native American tribe inhabited the Victoria region?
2. MCNAMARA HOUSE
Location & Contact Information: 502 N. Liberty St. Victoria, TX 77901
Phone: (361) 575-8227
Website: http://www.victoriaregionalmuseum.com/mcnamara
Hours: Tuesday thru Sunday: 1:00pm-5:00pm CLOSED Monday
Admission: Children: $1.00
Adults: $2.00
Groups call two weeks in advance.
What to do: Tour the house.
Answer these questions:

1. Who built the McNamara House?

2. When was the house built?
3. What was Mr. NcNamara’s profession?
4. What two things in the formal parlor are actual artifacts?
3. DE LEON PLAZA
Location & Contact Information: 101 N. Main St. Victoria, TX 77901
Hours: Always open.
Admission: Admission is free.
What to do: Tour the plaza and read the markers.
Answer these questions:

1. What was the plaza’s original name?

2. When was it renamed to De Leon Plaza?
3. Who was Martin De Leon?
4. FOSSATI’S DELICATESSEN
Location & Contact Information: 302 S. Main St. Victoria, TX 77901
Phone: (361) 576-3354
Hours: Monday thru Friday: 11:00am-2:00pm
Admission: Admission is free.
What to do: Take a look inside and enjoy a delicious lunch
Answer these questions:

1. When was Fossati’s Delicatessen established?

2. Who established Fossati’s Delicatessen?
3. What nationality was he?
4. Is this the original site for the Fossetti Delicatessen?
5. OUR LADY OF LOURDES CATHOLIC CHURCH
Location & Contact Information: 105 N. Williams St. Victoria, TX 77901
Phone: (361) 575-3813
Website: http://www.lourdesparish.org
Hours: Call for hours.
Admission: Admission is free.
What to do: Tour the church and read the marker.
Answer these questions:

1. Who was the church constructed to serve?

2. Where did Rev. Jean Baptiste Teitien travel to get funds to build it?
3. In what year did the first service take place in the church?
4. Who was the pastor of the church when a fire destroyed the building?
6. VICTORIA PUBLIC LIBRARY
Location & Contact Information: 302 N. Main St. Victoria, TX 77901
Phone: (361) 485-3302
Website: http://victoriapubliclibrary.org/
Hours: Monday thru Thursday: 9:00am-9:00pm
Friday & Saturday: 9:00am-5:00pm CLOSED Sunday & Holidays
Admission: Admission is free.
What to do: Tour the library and read the Texas Historical Marker in the library about Viola Case.
Answer these questions:

1. After Reverend John R. Shive died, who ran the school that he founded?

2. To what was the school renamed in 1870?
3. How did the Victoria Public Library begin?
7. MUSEUM OF THE COASTAL BEND
Location & Contact Information: 2200 East Red River Victoria, TX 77901
Phone: (361) 582-2511
Website: http://www.museumofthecoastalbend.org
Hours: Tuesday thru Saturday: 10:00am-4:00pm
Admission: Children under 4: Free
Chlidren 4yrs-8th grade: $2.00
Adults: $3.50
What to do: Tour the museum.
Answer these questions:

1. What was the name of La Salle’s ship?

2. How many cannons did La Salle bring to Texas?
8. NAVE MUSEUM
Location & Contact Information: 306 W. Commercial Victoria, TX 77901
Phone: (361) 575-8227
Website: http://www.victoriaregionalmuseum.com/Nave
Hours: Tuesday thru Sunday: 1:00pm-5:00pm CLOSED Monday
Admission: Children: $1.00
Adults: $2.00
What to do: Take a tour of the fine arts museum.

9. TEXAS ZOO
Location & Contact Information: 110 Memorial Drive Victoria, TX 77901
Phone: (361) 573-7681
Website: http://www.texaszoo.org
Hours: Daily 9:00am-5:00pm (Front gates close at 4:30pm)
Admission: Children 2 and under: Free
Children 3-12: $3.50
Adults: $4.50
Call for group rates for 21 or more guests and for guided tour rates.
What to do: Tour the zoo and see over 150 species of animals native to South Texas.

10. 1892 VICTORIA COUNTY COURTHOUSE
Location & Contact Information: 101 N. Bridge St. Victoria, TX 77901
Phone: (361) 575-4558
Website: http://www.victoriacountytx.org
Hours: Call ahead.
Admission: Call ahead.
What to do: Read Texas Historical Marker in front of the 1892 Courthouse. Enter the 1967 Courthouse to take a tour of the inside of the old one.
Answer these questions:

1. When was the courthouse built?

2. What happened to the architect in 1892?
3. What is the name of the style in which the Courthouse was designed?
*Answers may be found at the link"*

# External Links

http://www.gsgst.org/images2/patches/Scouting%20Around%20Victoria%20Requirements.pdf