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- Dayton (Nevada)
Area Events
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Next HSDV General Meeting:
Wed., February 15, 12:30 p.m.
Dayton Valley Branch Library
(321 Old Dayton Valley Road)
C&C Depot Working Group
afterward (about 2 p.m.)
Newcomers are always welcome!
Come share our excitement about historic preservation
and Old Town Dayton!
Restoration of Dayton's Historic 1881 Carson & Colorado Railroad Depot
Our ongoing depot restoration project will return our historic 1881 depot to its original appearance
and make it Dayton's "Gateway to the Comstock." Our depot is one of only three remaining original 1880s C&C passenger depots and the
only one in Nevada. After restoration it will be the only C&C depot returned to original 1880s appearance.
We would love to have you in our C&C Working Group that is researching and planning the restoration!
If you want to join us and/or help with clean-up, restoration,
donations, or any other aspects of the project---or just want more information---please attend a monthly meeting (see above),
email
C&C Working Group Head, call 775-246-8316, email Curator of History or call
775-246-3256.
Southern Pacific narrow gauge boxcar SP 84 comes
to Dayton!
ANNUAL EVENTS OF AN ACTIVE COMMUNITY
Growing rapidly and becoming a modern community,
today's Dayton is nonetheless filled with and rooted in the remarkable history of its past. Many of the regular and special events
of the Dayton area are based on its history and/or occur in historic Old Town Dayton.
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A
country girl, perched in a cottonwood tree,
ponders yesteryear while participating in one of the Civil War encampments held each May and October at Ft. Churchill,
located east of Dayton. The fort was built in 1860 during Indian uprisings. For more information on the park go to
Fort Churchill. For information on the encampments call 775-577-2345 |
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he annual Oodles of Noodles pasta cook-off
is held in Old Town Dayton in May. Sponsored by the Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce, the event features pasta from both amateur and
professional cooks, as well as a craft fair. This year the celebration expanded to two days, May 14 & 15, 2011.
For more information contact the Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce
or call 775-246-7909.
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From April 1860 to October 1861, the Pony Express
delivered mail between St. Joseph, Missouri and Sacramento, California in half the time required by stagecoach. 2010 marked its
150th anniversary. |
The annual reride normally passes through
Old Town Dayton each year in the second week of June, but due to concerns with the outbreak of equine herpes virus this year
the National Pony Express Association has delayed the reride to August 17-27.
For more information on the annual reride see the website of the
Nevada Division of the National Pony Express.
D
ayton Valley Days is held annually in Old Town Dayton
on the third weekend of September. It includes a parade, a huge craft fair, entertainment, old-fashioned contests, an art show,
a silent auction, and much, much more. |
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This year Dayton Valley Days will be held on
Saturday and Sunday, September 17 and 18. The theme will be the Sesquicentennial (150th anniversary) of Lyon County.
For more information and application for vendors go to the Dayton Valley Days website,
call 775-246-3378 for information or 775-246-3199 for vendor booths, or email Dayton
Valley Days.
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