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by Guy Rocha
The eight-day birthday bash in the centennial year of 1964 was
far and away a record-breaker. Tom Wilson, co-founder of
Carson City's Nevada Day and chairman of the Centennial
Commission,
The Nevada Day parade and celebration in Carson City has become a long-standing tradition and the Silver State's largest parade. It has witnessed Nevada's 75th, 100th, and 125th anniversaries. Now in our state's 137th year, conceivably the Nevada Day activities during the three day weekend will grow along with the fastest-growing state in the union, the fastest-growing metropolitan area in the country (Las Vegas) and our ever-growing capital city. |
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had planned the event for three years. The
Saturday parade with over 230 entries was three hours long,
the longest up to that time (ironically, the typical length of
a parade today). Governor Grant Sawyer presented
"Adoption" plaques to the "Bonanza" cast
and company including parade marshal Lorne Greene, Michael
Landon, and Dan Blocker. An estimated 70,000 people
watched the parade which was broadcast in its entirety by TV
station KOLO in Reno and filmed by UPI crews for California
stations.
The
only time the parade has ever been held on a Sunday was in
1965. Since then, whenever October 31 has fallen on a
Sunday, the parade has been held on Saturday, October 30
(1971, 1976, 1982, and 1993). In 1971, the law governing
holidays was amended to designate Friday as the state holiday
when October 31 falls on a Saturday.
