Johnson Lane resident Julie Rogers Pomilia, the granddaughter of famed cowboy movie stars Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, is the featured author at this year’s Nevada Day celebration.
Johnson Lane resident Julie Rogers Pomilia, the granddaughter of famed cowboy movie stars Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, is the featured author at this year’s Nevada Day celebration.
The celebration of Nevada’s 159th birthday is Oct. 27-29, with the parade on Oct. 28. Oct. 27 is the holiday.
With a theme, “Home Means Nevada,” grand marshals are the stars of PBS Reno’s travel-adventure series “Wild Nevada,” Chris Orr and Dave Santina.
Pomilia’s book, “Your Heroes, My Grandparents, A Granddaughter’s Love” is a collection of short stories and candid photographs, many of them never seen by the public, that she originally wrote for her three sons.
Roy Rogers and Dale Evans were household names for decades during the mid-20th Century and even now are referenced in popular culture.
Pomilia’s booth will be located on West Telegraph Street between Eve’s Eatery and the Westside Pourhouse where she will be selling and signing her book.
Pomilia won’t be alone representing Douglas County in the annual parade through downtown Carson City.
The Douglas High School Marching Band and the Jr. ROTC Tiger Battalion typically turn out for the event, as does the Washoe Tribe.
Record-Courier Editor Kurt Hildebrand said he has been growing out his Genoa beard for the better part of six months and is encouraging fellow residents of Nevada’s oldest town to turn out for the annual Beard Contest.
This year also marks the 50th anniversary of the World Championship Single-Jack Rock Drill Competition which takes place at the annual celebration. Single-jack rock drilling is the process of using a 4-pound hammer and a ¾-inch steel carbon chisel to drill by hand into a large chunk of granite.
Winners take home checks from $150 to $3000 depending on placement.
