9-10:15AM Community Worship Service in Parfet Park
10AM-3PM Car Show on Washington Avenue
11AM -12:30PM Muttin Bustin’ in Lions Park
1PM The Duck Race – ducks are dropped in the Creek at Illinois Street and are fished out at Vanover Park, at Ford St.
Music in Parfet Park
11AM – 12PM – Dancing Girls
12:30 – 2:30PM – Dakota Blonde
3 – 5PM – The Long Run – Colorado’s Tribute to The Eagles
From the Golden Transcript’s archives:
The first Buffalo Bill Days was celebrated in 1946, which was the 100th anniversary of William “Buffalo Bill” Cody’s birth. The celebration included a carnival with five rides and six concessions, a parade on Friday night, an airshow, a beauty show in front of the LaRay Hotel (now the Table Mountain Inn), a soap box derby, a tug-of-war featuring Mines fraternities at the Washington Avenue bridge, fireworks from Cemetery Hill (now Goldco Circle), and a buffalo barbecue in front of the Labor Temple (now the Buffalo Rose). More than 30,000 people were expected to visit Buffalo Bill’s grave that weekend.
Source: August 8, 1946 Colorado Transcript
The Golden Transcript (originally called the Colorado Transcript) has been publishing since 1866. The Golden History Museum has been working on digitizing the old issues, and they’re currently up to June of 1948. You’ll find old Transcripts online at coloradohistoricnewspapers.org. You can contribute to the cost of the digitizing project with a donation to the Golden History Museum.
