at the Depot and travel the length of Pike Street, with local residents Ed and Judy Harris as grand marshals.Īn art show and contest at the community center will feature 12 varieties of artistic media, Atkinson said.Īlso, the National Guard will provide a climbing wall where the more physically fit can test their skill. Saturday's festivities begin with a pancake breakfast and include vendor booths and the Gold Creek Show N Shine car show.Ī parade will begin at 10 a.m. today with vendor arrival and set-up until dark on Pike Street, with artwork submissions coming in at the Community Center.
"There'll be a lot going on all the time," Atkinson said. On a more sober note, there will be a wellness clinic by Carson Tahoe Hospital, a blood drive by United Blood Services and a fingerprinting and photograph booth by Child Find.Ī fund-raiser for Hurricane Katrina victims will be held at Mia's Restaurant, which will reopen for the day to sell Bratwurst and cold drinks. "I know it's kind of gross, but the kids love it," Atkinson said.Īnother scheduled game is a horse race for children - mounts for this race are in the form of the trusty old-fashioned stick breed.Ī tractor and five tram cars masquerading as a train will run from the museum to the old cemetery and back. The fun won't be passing anyone by during Dayton Valley Days, which offer two days of family-oriented fun and games including the spitting of watermelon seeds and sucking of noodles.
It was completed on July 8, 1878, after the boom of the Comstock was pretty much over. 19, 1869, and was designed to drain water from Comstock mines. The legacy of Adolph Sutro will be combined with watermelon-seed-spitting and noodle-sucking contests at the 17th annual Dayton Valley Days, a street fair that brings thousands of visitors into Old Town Dayton.ĭespite the theme for this year's event - "Mining and the Sutro Tunnel" - visitors will be treated to some silly fun along with the history, according to organizer Fred Atkinson.
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