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EVENTS of Great Basin National Heritage Area 2012

There are many annual heritage celebrations and other events in communities along the Great Basin National Heritage Route. Here is a partial listing. Please contact the local chambers of commerce as shown for more information.


Millard County, Utah
To confirm the latest information, please contact:
The Delta Chamber of Commerce, 80 North 200 West, Delta, Utah 84624.
telephone: 435-864-4316
email: dacc@millardcounty.com.
Or the Territorial Statehouse Museum, 50 West Capitol Ave., Fillmore, Utah 84631
telephone: 435-743-5316.

January (Third weekend) ~ Snow Goose Festival ~ Delta, Utah

May ~ Cinco de Mayo ~ Fillmore, Utah
May (Last week) ~ Jr. Livestock Show ~ Delta, Utah

June (Third week) ~ Millard County Rodeo ~ Delta, Utah
June 15, 16, and 17 ~ Snake Valley Festival ~ Garrison & Baker, Utah
The fourth annual Snake Valley Festival will be held in Baker, Nevada on June 15, 16, and 17, 2012. Lots of family friendly events will be held throughout the weekend, such as an ice cream social, parade, yard sale, kids’ games, booths, cowboy poetry, breakfast, barbeque dinner, karaoke, and a trail run/walk. Other events include a wine tasting party, silent and live auctions, and music. The Snake Valley Festival coincides with the Astronomy Festival June 14-16 at nearby Great Basin National Park, and participants will be able to attend programs at both festivals. For more information about the festival, please go to the website ProtectSnakeValley.org.
June (Last week) ~ Old Capitol Days/ATV Jamboree ~ Fillmore, Utah

July 4 Celebration ~ Parade, talent show, games, booths, demolition derby, fireworks ~ Delta, Utah
July 24 ~ Pioneer Celebration ~ Parade, talent show, games, rodeo ~ Hinckley, Utah
July 24 ~ Town Party ~ Parade, program, dinner, show ~ Meadow, Utah
July 24 ~ Pioneer Celebration ~ Breakfast, program, rodeo ~ Scipio, Utah
July 24 ~ Pioneer Days ~ Kids parade, talent show, games, dinner, dance ~ Kanosh, Utah
July 24 ~ Pioneer Celebration ~ Breakfast ~ Deseret, Utah

August (Second week) ~ Millard County Fair/Business Trade Show ~ Delta, Utah
August (Third weekend) ~ Oak City Days ~ Program, ice cream social, games, dance ~ Oak City, Utah

September (Labor Day Saturday) ~ Snake Valley Reunion ~ BBQ and dance ~ Baker, Nevada
September (Labor Day) ~ Leamorado ~ Talent show, dinner, rodeo ~ Leamington, Utah
September (Weekend after Labor Day) ~ Old Capitol Arts & Living History Festival ~ Fillmore, Utah
September (Third weekend) ~ Antique Car Show ~ Delta, Utah

November (Saturday after Thanksgiving) ~ Christmas parade, Festival of Trees, Christmas party ~ Delta, Utah
November (Saturday after Thanksgiving) ~ Christmas parade ~ Fillmore, Utah

 

White Pine County, Nevada
To confirm the latest information, please contact:
The White Pine County Chamber of Commerce, 636 Aultman Street, Ely, Nevada 89301
telephone: 775-289-8877.
Or the Bristlecone Convention Center, 150 Sixth Street, Ely, Nevada 89301
telephone: 1-800-496-9350.

January (Third weekend) ~ Old Sheepherders Gathering ~ Baker, Nevada

May (Third weekend) ~ Silver State Classic Open Road Car Race ~ Ely, Nevada

June 14, 15, and 16 ~ Third Annual Astronomy Festiva,Gret Basin National Park, Nevada
Click here to download the press release
Click here to download the flyer

June 22-23 ~ Duckwater Shoshone Tribe Contest Pow-wow Honoring Native Youth and Elders ~ Duckwater, Nevada
Click here to download the flyer

April through December ~ Ride on the historic Nevada Northern Railway featuring authentic steam and diesel locomotives ~
Ely, Nevada
June (Third weekend) ~ Annual Duckwater Shoshone Indian Festival ~ Duckwater, Nevada

July 4 ~ Old Fashioned Fourth of July Parade ~ Ely, Nevada
July 24 ~ Lund Pioneer Days Rodeo ~ Lund, Nevada

August (Third weekend) ~ White Pine County Fair and Livestock Show ~ Ely, Nevada
Labor Day Weekend ~ Planes, Trains & Automobiles Celebration ~ Ely, Nevada

September (Second weekend) ~ Mexican Fiesta ~ Mariachi bands, dances, tours ~ Ely, Nevada
September (Third weekend) ~ Silver State Classic Open Road Car Race ~ Ely, Nevada
September (Last weekend) ~ Festival of the Gathering Moon ~ Baker Archeological Site

November-December ~ Christmas Festival ~ Christmas Ball, Festival of Trees, window decorating contest, tree auction, crafts
festival, Christmas parade ~ Ely, Nevada.

 

 

 

 

 
       
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